Are you an internet entrepreneur? Are you interested in Nigeria’s emerging tech startups eco-system?

There is a Nigerian Internet Entrepreneurs Meetup @ Four Points by Sheraton this Saturday October 09, 2010 from 4:00pm – 8:00pm!

The meetup will produce animated discussions about Nigerian Internet Entrepreneurs and their various projects; possible participation at LeWeb; creating a tech incubator; challenges we face as Internet entrepreneurs in Nigeria and more.

Please view more about this event written by Loy Okezie of Startups Nigeria here http://www.cp-africa.com/2010/10/06/announcing-nigerian-internet-entrepreneurs-meetup/

Sandra. If i show with my Suit and tie, will i get to see you And sit next to you

Please reply as soon as possible, so i can decide if it's worth canceling my class!

Thanks

Lol. Donpuzo you are too funny. Come, I might surprise you!

I love surprises, mostly pleasant ones!

Will be there, if i am mailed an invitation

Else, i will gladly sit in my house and take a student a class, 

Donpuzo, your classes are important please dont cancel.

Well I on the other hand, am free! Yes Sandra, I am coming for this one on one meeting with you. I am very interested in you Nigeria's internet economy sorry, eco system.

Donpuzo, dont take it personal but WE all had a silent agreement (after DHTML got the last babe that walked in here) that I was the next person to get the next babe to walk in. You know how scarce it is for babes to come in here, its like once a session and you know session for here no dey ever die. . . it can go on for months.

No be only $_Session['sandra']; na $_session['rukayat'];

See this married man ohh. My only chance to settle down and learn something useful with sandra, you are trying to cause exception. What made you feel she is an Open Source API in whose GUI must be accessed.

This is a private function. You can't call it from PH! It only registered to it's class page, ME!

Walks into room (doesnt interrupt argument), goes out with sandra,

to be continued

damn! , i m gonna miss this by just a week. can we push up the date to 17th ? i will be in lagos.
please sandy baby

@DC, y u come de frown?

$men['see programmers slang'];

ogzille:

@DC, y u come de frown?

Look at this

ogzille:

Walks into room (doesnt interrupt argument), goes out with sandra,

to be continued

Sam Milla:

sandy baby

and this

Donpuzo:

My only chance to settle down and learn something useful with sandra,

Now have I answered your question or I have to ring this bottle on yer head?


Sandra, I'm paying for all the seats at the conference. Its going to be you and I all night and day long.

Just saw this thread now. Missed it anyway because it must have been over some hours ago. Painful

^^^Its not too late. By way of 'African Timing', the meetup just started

Awww, this one wey i enter Lagos so.
was inna presentation all through the day sha. wulda loved to make it.

DC, which woman dey cause kata kata here? just give me go ahead, i will import her from Lag when coming back to PH. might decide to taste oga food along the way sha.

So are we going to get an update about this meet up?

At least it should be posted online- the video that is

@Sandra.

So you are married.



@Dual.Another one don pass our chance. Since na you woo this one. The next will definitely be mine!

True, an update is really required.

HostMot is planning to replicate something similar in Abuja.

Lanre
HostMot COO,
www.hostmot.com

can we have something like this again in Lagos? Cost of flying to and from Abuja plus cost of hotel no go let me come.

Well, anything organized in Abuja is meant for Abuja people only, since all the IT events take place in Lagos. We are jealous already.

lojik:

can we have something like this again in Lagos? Cost of flying to and from Abuja plus cost of hotel no go let me come.

You are financially boyant enough to bear the costs na. You and i know that!

@Hostmot. Intimate me on the date and other details, i will be glad to attend!

@Donpuzo
Image is nothing man.

Lol. Yes Donpuzo, I am married. Hubby says hi 

All, here are some event details about discussions that took place at the meet up courtesy of Tim Akinbo, http://blog.timakinbo.com/

Thanks to @OoTheNigerian for putting this together. In attendance at the meetup was @gbengasesan, @Possicon, @the_dej, @emekaokoye, @startupsnigeria and a host of many others too many to mention.

The networking was really great and I’m beginning to see a change in attitude by Nigerian Internet entrepreneurs to collaborate and work together. One of the key highlights was about creating a thriving community of Internet entrepreneurs and this was championed by @OoTheNigerian. @luminus shared on the need to make a shit-load of noise about what we’re doing highlighting the need for promotion of what it is we do.

@emekaokoye shared on his experience with his first Internet startup – ngex.com which he co-founded as far back as 1997. He shared his experience in trying to raise capital for the company, his pitfalls and successes. He ranted about how passion is the most important thing for any developer and how developers in Nigeria lack it. This is not something that only Emeka has experienced. It seems to be the same song everyone who has worked with Nigerian developers for a while sings. Sim Shagaya who was also present at the event narrated a sad experience with Nigerian developers and how he had to hire developers outside the country for his startups. Sim runs a number of startups including gbogbo.com and Lovebase. Emeka went on to narrate how startups need to be relevant to be impactful.

There was also this guy from a vc company based in the UK but was interested in investments in Africa. He mentioned that though it might be a little early to be talking about vc funding, it was important that entrepreneurs think about the longterm possibility of vc partnerships and so run their startups to be vc-attractive.

Sim Shagaya went on to talk about how startup communities had been developed around the world and re-iterated the need to build a thriving startup community. He also shared about one of this startups – Lovebase and how they were using a new Interswitch Nigeria product named Quick teller that made it possible for people to make payments online using the atms.

‘Gbenga Sesan also got to talk about certain policies that have been in place for a while that Internet entrepreneurs could leverage on for financing of their proven projects amogst others.

An attendee raised the issue of continuity and concrete actionable steps that could be taken to build the community and it was agreed that we should have more of these meetings and a mailing list be created to encourage further discussions on topics that affect us or have been raised.

-Sandra

@Lojik. It's a lot. Most of my clients entrust works with me based on passed experience, and trust in my image.

@Sandra. Ohh. Say me hi also to him . And tell him, Mr Donpuzo pleads that he takes good care of you!

Ah you are so sweet; I will tell him

Thanks for the updates. IF there is another one coming up, please do let me know.
I could learn one or two things. I am currently in Nigeria.

@Sam no wahala