Increasing Local Internet Content from Nigeria

Hello obong,

One reason is that the Internet is not ubiquitous enough to be a primary channel for dissemination of information.  Companies prepare to plant newspaper stories or ads to get their word out because they know that there will be more response from theirn customers.  They don't see the need to bother with duplicating this published content on their sites.

Most of the time, those that want Nigerian content online are those who are abroad.  A local Nigerian company has no means of extracting revenue from such visitors, so they won't bother.

What type of content would you like to see online?  Nairaland might be able to help fix it!

You have not really answered my question about what type of info you'll like to see.  This makes me feel that maybe there's no actual demand for more Nigerian info online.  If there's actual demand, you'll be able to specify what kind of information you'll like to have.

I see the Internet spreading in Nigeria, to the extent that we'll have large companies that depend on the Internet for their revenue.   I am banking on it!

Well, we have some upcoming Nairaland initiatives in this area.  Watch out!

One of the easiest ways to get content coming from a region or location like nigeria is to have websites with user generated content like social networking sites, an example of such is http://www.afroconnections.net here you can connect with endless number of friends and share content news etc. You can creat a customise profile for yourself, an organisation or even business and attract friends and other website members to visit. Social networking is a very powerful way of aggreagting content from all corner of a society. Try this and give us feedback.