Guys,

I don't think the keyboard is expensive at all.

Why?

I have had the keyboard for over a year now, though I bought it for the Naira sign ₦, the keyboard also have the €, $ & £ signs too. For a finance person like me, it is God sent, just makes my life and financial statements preparation a lot easier.

Wait, there is more, I can now type in Yorùbá and Ìgbo including letters like Ẹẹ, Ọọ, Ịị, Ṣṣ, Ụụ,  and also add tonal marks Àà, Éé, Íí, Óó, Yoùù. The keyboard is simply in a class by itself and worth it.

I think you can also buy it online at the kọnyin website, they have about 6 models there.

I like the kọnyin keyboard and think every Nigerian should have one, just my opinion.

Hi DA,

You can buy the KỌNYIN keyboard online at http://www.konyin.com.

I have a copy of it since October 2005; I guess shortly it will be a year.
I can only say the keyboard is magnificent.

You go Ikeman, give it to them!!!

I have a KỌNYIN keyboard too and I love it.

I think OASIS may have missed the point that this keyboard is some special keyboard for special uses.
My friends, it is a special keyboard for everyday uses. I actually bought it for use in my financial applications cause I needed the naira sign and it works, but also find out how easy it is to add tonal marks to alphabets for correct Nigerian letters like Ọọ, Ẹẹ, Ịị, Ụụ, Éé, Àà and so on. (Ọbasanjọ is the correct typing of Nigeria's president's name, if anybody cares)

OASIS, if you ask me, I will say this keyboard should be a must for all Nigerians, period.

Check this out:  English, Ẹdo, Ẹfik, Français, Fulañi, Hausa, Ìgbo, Kanuri, and Yorùbá - no cutting and pasting of any kind. (The naira sign will not show here because the font in use on this site does not have it. (if Seun can change the default font for the site to Microsoft Sans Serif, then all the alphabets, accents and naira characters will show very well.)

By-the-way how many Americans do you think will continue to use British keyboards (for cut and paste of dollar signs) if they are told there is now an American keyboard with Dollar sign on it?

Your alternative solution statement is OK, but why should we Nigerian settle for less?

For the last time, again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS A NIGERIAN KEYBOARD WITH NAIRA SIGN KEYCAP, in fact the keybaord has Naira, Dollar, Euro and Pound signs. Including all the extended latin alphabets and tonal marks for all Nigerian Languages.

Now you guys are making me sound like a salesperson for this company, but that is OK, I have the keyboard and I love it to death.

The Nigerian Keyboard with Naira keycap is called KỌNYIN NIGERIA MULTILINGUAL KEYBOARD.

You can buy one at: http://www.konyin.com

Gosh, this company should be paying me for my comments on this site.

For the last time

There is a huge difference between using "Naira as Cut and Paste" and using "Naira as Currency Symbol" in a spreadsheet (ie MS Excel)
See below!

Seun, I thought the Subject is "Naira Sign On A Keyboard?"
The answer is yes, right?

Here is how you insert the Naira sign into MS Excel.
Follow the two steps in the image below. (Click Insert > then click Symbol > then select the font > then pull down subset and select Currency symbols > then double click the Naira sign)
Note that you have to select a Font that includes the Naira sign (Microsoft Sans Serif or Arial Unicode MS will do)
Now this will only insert the Naira sign as a text.

But, if you want to do summations or calculations with Naira signs, you can either change your regional settings to add the naira sign as your default currency sign or if you really need to use the Naira sign and do calculations on a consistent basis, then get the Kọnyin keyboard.

If you ask me, I will say get the Kọnyin keyboard, I have one and it is unbelievable. It is not just the Naira sign, but it also allows you to type Latin extended letters and add tonal marks for Nigerian languages.

Hi blendz4real,

How do you use your "(N) with double strike through" in a spreadsheet and make sure it sums up your numbers.
Can you give me the trick to that? I use MS Excel for my financial.   

Update:

OH by-the-way the attached excel spreadsheet below was created using the KỌNYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard.
This keyboard is the best thing that can happen to Nigeria Naira Symbol.

After almost 5 months of using this Keyboard for my work on financial applications: I strongly recommend this keyboard.
Go to: http://www.konyin.com and buy one today!

Guys, it works, it really, really works.

I was pleasantly surprised that it works just like my standard keyboard.

First - The installation of the driver was simple enough. You’re asked to select Nigeria or other countries.
If you select Nigeria, then the default currency symbol in the language locale of your PC becomes the Naira sign, and if you use spreadsheets like Excel, the currency symbol will be the Naira.

Second - Typing the Nigerian specific alphabets was also very intuitive and straight forward. The beauty for me is that if you forget to press the "Ng" key for the Nigerian alphabet, you will still get the alphabet you are used to using.

The only problem I noticed is that you need to select a Unicode Font that includes all the extended Latin characters, like - Arial Unicode MS or Microsoft Sans Serif, or you will just get boxes (" ₦ "

Otherwise, I now agree that the product KỌNYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard is quite brilliant and I think every Nigerian, no matter where they are in the world, should be using this keyboard. 

KUDOS to http://www.konyin.com

Here we go, I got this from the website, they also have a catalog at:

http://www.konyin.com/products/NIG/KONYIN%20Catalog%20Nigeria%201.pdf

The PDF file is big

I have already put in an order for one. I will let you all know how it actually works later.

Gbenro

I don't think WesleyanA has been following the reply threads.

THERE IS A NIGERIAN KEYBOARD WITH NAIRA SYMBOL ON A KEY.

The keyboard is called KỌNYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard. I have been to the website and noticed that the keyboard surprisingly has all the major currency symbols on it too. (Dollar, Euro, Pound and Naira)

I think, the company may be up to something and hope our prople in Nigeria will support them, somehow I doubt that, we Nigerians will only buy what is made by white people.

GOD save us from ourselves.

Gbenro