Yabacon Valley is a nickname for Yaba local government a suburb of Lagos state, a port and the most populous city in Nigeria. This area has already grown to be Nigeria’s technology hub and a cluster of hundreds of banking institutions, educational institutions, technology and startup companies which steadily attracts angel investors, venture capitalists, enthusiasts and media people from all over the world. This cluster is the major reason many technology firms are considering opening up shop in Yaba.[1] Close to the region is the Lagos lagoon which lies on its south-western side, it empties into the Atlantic via Lagos Harbour, a main channel through the heart of the city, 0.5 km to 1 km wide and 10 km long. The term originally was born from an unintentional act of an absent mind, manipulating the Silicon valley name to create a nick version for this cluster while writing a story title.[2] More so, due to the lagoon near this region, the term Silicon lagoon has also been used to refer to this cluster although this is yet to stick and its origin or creator is unknown.

Regardless of the tech clusters in Africa, Yabacon Valley or Silicon lagoon whichever name you chose to call it continues to be a leading hub for high-tech innovation and development, buoyed by the country’s budding, technology-savvy middle-class and massive online population of 45 million internet users. Nigeria’s fledging technology start-up scene is witnessing a flurry of activities in the frame of new investment drive, acquisitions, strategic partnerships as well as plans to establish more incubation centers.[3]

Geographically, Yabacon Valley encompasses all Yaba Local council development area which was carved out of the old Lagos Mainland local government created in 1977 as a separate Local government following the national reform of Local government in September 1976. The Lagos Mainland carved out of Lagos city council which administered the Lagos Metropolitan city consists of Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland. So with the creation of three more Local government on 27 August 1991, the former lagos mainland was re-constituted with Surulere carved out of it. The present Yaba local council area has the look of an urban setting; some areas however mirror rural features and these areas are simply referred to as blighted areas like Makoko and Iwaya. Nonetheless, Yabacon Valley is a development, a commercial nerve centre for all regardless of their political and cultural affiliations.



Notable Startups

Braintem.org
500 Shops
Autobox
Asa
Beat Traffik
Budgit
Church+
Efiko
Hotels.ng
Jobs in Nigeria
Kaymu
Konga
Meditell
Insidify
Passnownow
PushCV
Prep Class
PrivateProperty.com.ng
Prowork
Talking Bookz
Traclist
Truppr
VacantBoards
Wecyclers
Tutor
Washist.com
Waracake.com
Wayopedia


Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabacon_Valley


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