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I guess we did it! Hurrah for Nigeria!

We kicked Burkina Faso's ass in the finals of the 2013 African Cup of Nations! 1 - 0! Congratulations!!

I'm not a football fan but last night, I actually sat down on to watch the match and I was on the edge of my seat. It seemed to me like the Eagles were under a lot of pressure to deliver and that affected their play style. Even though we scored a goal against them, there were many other opportunities to widen the margin. But whatever, we won! That should give us at least on month of peace as the whole nation celebrates this landmark achievement, right?

Image from the Vanguard

The Blackberry Z10 was launched just last week at a big event in Canada and right now it's only available in the UK and Canada but guess where you can pre-order one right now and get it without having to travel outside the country or pay shipping fees?

Yup! You guessed right (though the headline probably gave it away so no prize for you).

MTN Nigeria and Etisalat have the brand spanking new Blackberry Z10 is available for pre-order right friggin now!! By visiting the links and filling the available forms, you will be alerted by the respective telcos when the phones available for pickup at their local customer care centers. While etisalat doesn't have a price listed on their pre-order page, MTN lists the price of the Z10 as ₦100,000 and it's pre-orders close on the 22nd of February (no closing date from etisalat). For that asking price you'll be getting a HD 4.2"

Touch display, 16GB Internal storage, 8MP Rear camera, and the new BB10 OS. Pretty affordable if you ask me, compared to what some early adopters are paying

There's even more good news! According to Tech Suplex It appears that the new Z10 will work with currently existing Blackerry data plans by Nigerian networks. Though with all the media chops of this phone, I wonder how long that will last.

So what are you waiting for Blackberry Babes and Boys? Go sign your names and start saving money to splurge on the Blackberry Z10!

Update: Airtel Nigeria has also joined the pre-order bandwagon for the Blackberry Z10 along with online mega store, Jumia. Airtel also has the Z10 priced at ₦100,000. All we need now is for Globacom to open up their own pre-order page, then all the major networks will be covered. Based on the popularity of Blackberry in Nigeria, I'm pretty sure these pre-order links are getting hit pretty frequently.

Update 2: ... and finally Globacom joins the others

Google India will be holding a competition titled 'Mapathon 2013' which is aimed at increasing the level of detail and content on Google Maps. Those who register for the competition will be required to combine their knowledge of places in India with Google's Map Maker web tool to update the existing map information. And that's not all, the top 100 contributors will stand a chance of winning Android tablets and smartphones, Google Play vouchers and other merchandise.

Awesome right!

Such an opportunity benefits both Google and the users of its services. Imagine thousands of people uploading new information about business locations, street names, tourist attractions, relaxation spots. Work that Google employees don't have to do. As a result of this, anyone using Google Maps after this will benefit from the improved selection of street names and locations.

Sadly, the competition is limited to India and all the information uploaded will be limited to their location only, leaving their mapping experience richer. Google how far? What about Naija? We could definitely benefit from such an initiative.

While Google Maps provides one of the best mapping experiences in Nigeria, it is far from perfect. There's not voice guided navigation, some street names are incorrect and lacks quite a few places of interests (POIs). The quickest way of remedying this is to crowd-source the mapping process, which is why Google Map Maker exists. I've used it a few times and its typical Google fashion it's pretty easy to use. However many in Nigeria don't know about it, just a few geeks and nerds and other curious folk. Nigerians like competitions with awesome prizes and if proper

Therefore I believe that by doing something similar, Google can greatly improve the maps situation in Nigeria. So Google, when you finish in India you'll be coming to Nigeria to organize another competition abi? Na good business for you o! #NoDulling

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