I really love your project. How did u get the backend done? What did u use n how long did it take?

How hard it will it be 2 get it on Nokia or J2ME because if Im very interested.

proxy23:
Android is trending . My focus is on Android now I just started . I have created 3 apps and one game maybe later .

So people are no longer using Nokia & J2ME? Just Android? What percentage? Also what Framework did u use 2 build the app? How did u make da backend?

proxy23:
Admin how can I put my apps on Google play . I will be happy if you reply me

I love it. What did you use to build it? N it seems as if the app is directed to Android users. What about those who use Nokia or J2ME?

Link ~> http://techcabal.com/2015/03/06/nigeria-ranks-second-on-internet-affordability-index-among-developing-economies/

The human race has undoubtedly enjoyed the benefits of using the internet. From health, education, sports, business, defense, etc, it has solved one human problem or the other. Nigeria, especially, has witnessed an increasing number of people making use of the internet in recent years -especially in the social media space.

According to a study conducted by Alliance for Affordable for Internet (A4Ai) in 2014, Rwanda, Nigeria, Morocco, Uganda and Kenya are among the countries in the “developing” economies that are leading the pack in terms of internet access and affordability. Sadly however, about 4.2 billion people (or 60%) of the world’s population –majorly in the developing world- also do not have access to the internet.

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A4AI undertook this study in a bid to find out why some countries (like Rwanda, Nigeria et al) have succeeded in making internet access more accessible, universal and affordable and what others can do to catch-up. As a follow up, the agency identified some of the challenges causing the chasm in countries lagging behind and proffered policies and regulatory framework that can lead to a more affordable internet access.

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The 51 countries researched on were scored using the “Affordability Index”, the index scored each country on a scale of 0-100, basing it on usage rates/current penetration and policy/regulatory environment in such countries, which could lead to further progress. The affordability index is divided into the following sub-indices: (1) Infrastructure sub-index and (2) Access sub-index.

The infrastructure sub-index measures the current extent of infrastructure deployment and operations, alongside the policy and regulatory frameworks in place to incentivise and enable cost-effective investment in future infrastructure expansion. While access sub-index, measures current broadband adoption rates and the policy and regulatory frameworks in place to encourage growth and ensure provision of affordable and equitable access.

In the words of the research agency: “This year, Costa Rica tops the overall rankings, followed by Colombia, Turkey, Malaysia and Peru — all middle-income countries. Rwanda secures the top spot among developing countries, followed by Nigeria, Morocco, Uganda and Kenya.”

Furthermore, the report stated that people who are not connected, simply can’t afford it. Cost of broadband in these countries reportedly, hovers around 40% of the monthly income of an average citizen across the 51 countries researched in this study; while the price for an entry-level mobile broadband is a little above 10% of citizen’s monthly income.

From the 51 countries surveyed, approximately 2 billion people earn less than $2 a day (or $60/month) –World Bank data.
Depending on where they live, such people spend in the range of 5.5% and 114.5% of their average monthly income to access entry-level broadband package.
Across board, women were far less likely able to access, adopt and benefit from a broadband connection than men due to lower income disparity
People in rural areas are unable to access the internet due to lower income and challenges associated with infrastructure deployment.COUNTRIES AI RANKING


Additionally, the report analysed the relationship between policies, regulations and the affordability environment in each country and identified common success factors: effective broadband strategies, enhanced competition, efficient spectrum competition, infrastructure sharing models and universal access to affordable internet services.

Affordability Index – Emerging Economies and Developing Countries
The index ranked countries based on economic development levels, amazingly, the countries classified by World Bank as “emerging economies” top the chart. These countries have not only been pursuing policy and regulatory frameworks that promote healthy and competitive markets for infrastructure expansion, but have been creating incentives to stimulate demand for broadband services.IMAGE 4

From the table above, it is evident that Nigeria –a developing economy- comes in second to Rwanda in the affordability index ranking and even surpasses some other emerging economies like South Africa, Mexico, Thailand and Tunisia. This development, according to the report, is connected to the backbone infrastructure which has improved significantly over the past decade.

For instance, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), plans to award seven licenses to regional infrastructural companies to extend broadband infrastructure nationally –e.g. MainOne and IHS communications, as reported by TechCabal weeks back.The nascent “Smart States” initiative, which sees states committing to reduce the cost of broadband access by reducing taxation and simplifying regulation, is also a positive step.

Nigeria’s mobile broadband penetration rate stands at just 10% — despite the fact that close to 40% of Nigerians use the Internet — and the government has put in place policies to increase this penetration level to 30% by 2018. To increase the ability of mobile operators to serve more Nigerians, plans were recently announced to auction spectrum in the 2.6 GHz band .

Nevertheless, with this development, the report indicated that three groups are least likely to be able to access affordable internet: those living in extreme poverty, women and rural dwellers.

People living in extreme poverty are least likely to access affordable internet. Despite the 5% of GNI per capita target the UN broadband commission has set for entry-level internet access, only 23 out of the 51 countries have met this target on an aggregate basis.IMAGE 5

Women also are far likely to be able to access the internet affordably than men, albeit, the gap varies from region to region. Entry-level mobile broadband costs at least 8% of women’s GNI per capita –based on analysis of gender pay gap and ability to afford internet services worldwide- compared with 5.6% for the average Nigerian.

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Research study by ICT Africa, encompassing a dozen African countries, discovered that urban and rural divide is quite weighty among internet users. From 23.8% of the population who are internet users in Uganda, 17.3% were based in urban areas, compared with just 6.5% in rural areas.

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Finally, this section discusses the policies, regulations and programmes needed to stimulate affordable internet access. Four factors identified that drives progress toward an affordable internet access across the globe are effective broadband services, healthy competition, Non-discriminatory access to spectrum, infrastructure sharing and strategies to deliver universal access to rural and under-served populations.

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Countries, such as Nigeria, that top the affordability index have prioritized some of the key drivers of affordability by making progress in areas such as regulatory independence, increasingly transparent policy-making processes and regulatory capacity.

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Moral of this research is aptly put by the agency, and was released six months prior to the last meeting of the UN general assembly, as they gathered to discuss sustainable development goals (SDG) last year: “To enshrine affordable access to broadband Internet in the sustainable development goals, and require all stakeholders to work toward achieving affordable, universal access in the coming years through a blend of infrastructure investment and policy and regulatory reform”.

Fulaman198:


Internet is by no means cheap, but there are ways to make it affordable for the general populace. We can clearly build more public Wireless networks (I know that can pose a security risk for those who are security conscious). Internet can be used for all the things you mentioned. Communications/Social, Research and Education, Watching Movies, etc. etc. Nigeria's internet is too slow for my liking. We need to reach the level of throughput that South Korea and Japan have.

The internet provided to us by what they call ISPs needs to be both affordable and fast.

More and more Africans are getting involved on the internet (especially in Ghana and South Africa). I even read an article about how in Somalia, they are implementing Fibre optics and having extremely fast internet. The internet is extremely important nowadays. It's a pity we don't have leaders who are aware of the importance of the internet.

Here is a new stat showing Nigeria's Affordability of The Internet ~> http://techcabal.com/2015/03/06/nigeria-ranks-second-on-internet-affordability-index-among-developing-economies/

Fulaman198:


Internet is by no means cheap, but there are ways to make it affordable for the general populace. We can clearly build more public Wireless networks (I know that can pose a security risk for those who are security conscious). Internet can be used for all the things you mentioned. Communications/Social, Research and Education, Watching Movies, etc. etc. Nigeria's internet is too slow for my liking. We need to reach the level of throughput that South Korea and Japan have.

The internet provided to us by what they call ISPs needs to be both affordable and fast.

More and more Africans are getting involved on the internet (especially in Ghana and South Africa). I even read an article about how in Somalia, they are implementing Fibre optics and having extremely fast internet. The internet is extremely important nowadays. It's a pity we don't have leaders who are aware of the importance of the internet.

Thats understandable and good. Thanks for the clarification. So I guess the problem is the cost of the internet in Nigeria. Better yet, the cost of everything. What are the top 10 things that you will say people go and do on the internet? What are the top 10 reasons for going on the internet?

Fulaman198:


For the so-called giants of Africa, our internet isn't fast enough or affordable enough. It needs to be more widespread (but we know how the money in this country goes to the wrong places).

I think that Nigerians are very much into the internet and nairaland is a testament to that.

So Nigerians are much into the internet but can they afford it? Is it cheap? N what mainly do internet users use it for? Communication/Social? Or for Research & Educational purposes? Is the internet fast enough? Does the internet need to be cheaper? Faster? Why isn't there more Nigerian or African content on the internet?

Fulaman198:
If I could speak on behalf of Nigerians, I would say a higher threshold for data plans, more throughout from ISPs. The need to implement residential fibre optics by 2018 with a throughput of 1gigabit/sec.

Interesting. So are you saying that Nigeria needs faster internet or that Nigerians need affordable internet? Is it that the internet is not fast enough? Or it is too expensive? Or that Nigerians are not interested in the internet at all?

I just reposted your question in this link ~> https://www.nairaland.com/2180670/what-nigerians-like-internet-2015#31331488

Our part of the world is black listed by a lot of web sites and web organisations,but we are saying it is not fair cause with the rising number of internet users,we need to enjoy yhte full benefits of using the WWW,so please comment below and tell us what you feel should be introduced to Nigerians Cyber space. ~> https://www.nairaland.com/2180599/what-nigerian-like-internet-2015#31331464

aaron6190:
Our part of the world is black listed by a lot of web sites and web organisations,but we are saying it is not fair cause with the rising number of internet users,we need to enjoy yhte full benefits of using the WWW,so please comment below and tell us what you feel should be introduced to Nigerians Cyber space.

I feel like this is a great topic/question but it should be in this section ~> https://www.nairaland.com/webmasters in order to get better responses. For that reason, Im going to ask this question in the Webmasters section.

Im really interested but alot of developers/programmers on Nairaland, dont seem to be serious.

PenSoftCorp:

are u interested, lets make it a reality

I am very interested, how do you plan on starting? What do we need 2 do first?

Lovetinz:
Content is first.
Content is king.

So what type of content do you want or need?

Link ~> http://nigeriatask..com/

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday Nairalanders,
This is my Job/Task Search Engine called (NigeriaTask). Here is the link ~> http://nigeriatask..com/ What it does is it gives you 100 New Jobs/Day all over Nigeria in a short time frame. Please let me know how you feel about it and have a good day.

Alot of tasks and jobs have been added.

Link ~> http://nigeriatask..com/

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday Nairalanders,
This is my Job/Task Search Engine called (NigeriaTask). Here is the link ~> http://nigeriatask..com/ What it does is it gives you 100 New Jobs/Day all over Nigeria in a short time frame. Please let me know how you feel about it and have a good day.

dhtml18:

I told you. I read somewhere that even the person that made it said he just made it as a joke and was very surprised that people bought into the idea.

The site sef funny, when the author puts:

Hmmm. The creator of 'Flappy Birds' sorta said the same thing. You are pretty up early tho. Good Morning & Happy Tuesday

PenSoftCorp:
another idea.
why cant someone create a general base like creating a fb page and bringing it to the level of having 5million likes. then he can start collecting small cash monthly from those who will post on the page, eg upcoming bloggers who dont have cash to make their page have many likes or those who want their post to get to many people.

Yeah I understand. Like turning a well populated facebook page into ads. Pretty neat idea.

dhtml18:

Just google goat simulator - you can even see it here - http://goat-simulator.com/ - you can download the full game from torrent sights.
I like this your security extension of the cooocko-a-doddle-doo aka coockoooroookoo app, nice thinking.

Wow this is nice. 100,000 - 500,000 for a paid app like this? Very interesting.

Link ~> http://www.kingmakers.com.ng/

Welcome to the KingMakers website. Kingmaker is a term usually used for a person or group of people that can influence royal or political succession and in a modern democratic Nigeria, the kingmakers are the general public.

Here at the KingMakers website we have a look what the Nigerian public are thinking by analyzing Twitter data generated within the Nigerian borders in relation to the elections using Brand Seeker, a tool developed by Sterling and Greenback Limited to help companies monitor their brands and advertising campaign on social media.

LordRahl001:
and how does that make a better choice over buying ur own generator?? There is already an app that can allow u source for used generators self which is olx. To quote a business idea, u av to know ur target market, how easily can u make a layman adapt to that idea, what problem are u solving and is the problem worth solving in the first place!!! That and many more are what makes for a great business idea!!! Cheers

So is it better to buy a generator than to rent one in Nigeria?

dhtml18:
The one app me i want i don talk am before, but people did not take me seriously.

Title: Coockooroookooo!

Description: When a new post hits the frontpage of nairaland, it sounds a very loud rooster war-cry COOOOKKKKOOOOOROOOOKOOOOO!

That will be all. I mean, if someone could develop a software called "goat simulator" - about a silly goat that goes about destroying everywhere?

Is there really a game like the 'goat simulator'? Where can I download it? I dont think your coockooroookoo app is a bad idea. Like instead of using for when a new post hits frongpage of Nairaland, what if we could use it as a notification when there new thieves or robbers in our neighborhood. Just 2 alarm others. Or how do u feel?

dhtml18:

He said mobile GAME app for IOS.

Okay, thank you sir for the clarification.

alliyse:
Emmanuel Chima Opara-Sydney significantly known by his social media page(s) as 'BlacB' is a Nigerian-born American computer programmer and ethical hacker.


[img]http://2.bp..com/-_tUC83NNJ84/VOnPCVJ6vHI/AAAAAAAAB58/W1JtSCD1Ook/s1600/Meet%2BThe%2BFirst%2BNigerian%2BTo%2BBreak%2BiOS%2BHistory_itsallisay_com.PNG[/img]

He attended the University of Baltimore, MD, where he acquired his BSc in computer science and Maths.

His new and first game App 'CHIKE' will be launched on the Apple iConnect developers database on the 31st of March 2015. This will make him the first Nigerian to develop and design a mobile game app on an iOS device.

One could be excited to see what 'CHIKE' is all about and why he chose the igbo name as the tittle of the mobile app game.

This is inspiring and encouraging. I believe in Nigerian youths!!!!


Source: www.itsallisay.com/2015/02/meet-first-nigerian-to-break-ios-history.html

Am I reading this wrong, but are you trying to say that he is the 1st Nigerian to make a mobile app for iOS? So like other Nigerians haven't done that?

- More traffic?
- More advertising?
- Better design?
- More downloads?
- More user?

GodMode:
If u can't learn how to code then android programming is not for you..

No such thing as drag and drop software for android programming.

U can design by drag and drop but that's just laziness.

THERE IS A SUCH THING AS DRAG & DROP SOFTWARE FOR ANDROID PROGRAMMING!!!. There are many. 1 is MIT APP INVENTOR ~> http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/

Dewze:


I should be checking this Eclipse out then. I hope its also drag and drop enabled, cause all these C, C++, python names are a bit scary (I'm sure these are programming modules).

I think that is where Android Studio got Eclipse beat. You can still check it out.

Brandnew2:
Talk about a Genus.

Yeah, but I feel as if there are some Nigerians (or Africans in general) who is they were in the same condition will have an impressive resume as well. Matter of fact, there are who some who have an impressive way, without the same assistance that Mr. Sergey Brin had.

Dewze:
Hi guy, I want to start learning how to build android apps and so came across the Android Studio software by google. I have no knowledge of coding and I don't have any experience on programming. I was thinking this software could help a guy like build apps on the ideas I have in my head presently. So, I would like to find out the limitations of this software in building an app that can be used to get infos on say secondary schools around an area. Is this possible with this software or are there other drag and drop software out there that will be do the job. Thanks a lot.

2 me Android Studio is like the more specialized version of Eclipse. Have u used Eclipse? With Eclipse (and adding plugins) u can build Java, Android, BlackBerry, J2ME, Nokia, iOS (using a cross-platform), C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl and so on.

With Android Studio (and a good few plugins) you should be able to do the same. Its just that it will be a little bit harder, since Android Studio was specific built for Android. But with some workarounds, hackings here n there and good plugins, you should be able to build any type app or software. Even web apps.

dpuzo:


Thanks bro, really encouraging

We need more people in this forum to do something like or better than this.