Francis Onwumere

Are Enabling Environments a Myth?

I recently had opportunity to speak with Dr Nadu Denloye, who I have a lot of respect for with her achievements as a pioneer of the digital industry in Nigeria

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CSS in the era of Ad Blocking

Advert blocking in browsers has become the new norm as concerns around invasive adverts and privacy reaches mainstream, with most people discovering that blocking web advertisements can substantially improve their

webpack

Transitioning to webpack from Gulp (Part 2)

In the first part of this article we took stock of Gulp's job as part of our front-end build process, in order to replace it with webpack which is better

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Transitioning to Webpack from Gulp (Part 1)

Gulp has been part of our front-end build process as it is useful in processing and packaging front-end design and script assets to optimize them for deployment. Jobs to be

metrics

Leverage Product Metrics for Success

Running a reliable digital products development company like Mobnia means you frequently get pitched different product concepts with the aim of luring you to build the product or an MVP

How to get 1000 users a day with zero marketing budget

You have a great software as a service (SaaS) product, and early feedback for your product is exciting but you have zero marketing budget to help fund distribution. How do

reliability

How to build a reliable web company

It is increasingly easier everyday to start a web company. As passion leads to practice; practice sharpens skills and skills win projects, then projects turn into a business. It looks

Meet the Backstage of A New Technology Era

The local technology space has gone through different iterations and with the advent of the internet in the mid 90s everything changed and a new epoch began. The web would

performance

Improving Website Speed by Removing Unused CSS

Having a quick loading website is paramount for your website success as most visitors increasingly expect a site to load in 2 seconds or less and you may end up

The Politics of Content Strategy and CMS

An off-the-shelf CMS is not tailor-made for your content, and may quickly become a straitjacket At this year’s Barcamp Lagos event, quite a number of issues were raised decrying the lack of engagement offered by Nigerian websites. Almost all of those problems traced

Invisible Deliverables

I came across this piece by Dan Mall on Method & Craft some weeks ago and immediately I connected with it. It's something that most digital agencies, designers and developers can relate with. At least, now, we have a term for the work

Everything is design and by design

It’s not rocket science and everyone, no matter your profession, comes to this realization: everything is design and by design. Some realize this sooner and try, others are too lazy to apply its demanding principles but one thing’s for sure- you cannot

The Blind Spot of Social Connections in Corporate Branding

Social networks are growing at an uncontrollable rate, connecting individuals through a vast network of friends or the social graph as Mack Zuckerberg coined it. The most recent statistics for facebook and twitter put their active user base at over 600 and 150 million

Good Artists Copy Great Artists Steal

During our initial meetings on any new project at Mobnia we usually show our clients an interactive album of screen-shots from our favourite websites, and if the client had completed the project review form earlier, they would have also come across this pertinent

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