Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg commended Jobberman founders Olalekan Elude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi in his statement ushering the launch of Internet.org in Nigeria.



Internet.org is a partnership between social networking services company Facebook and six companies (Samsung, Ericsson, MediaTek, Opera Software, Nokia and Qualcomm) that plans to bring affordable access to selected Internet services to less developed countries by increasing efficiency, and facilitating the development of new business models around the provision of Internet access.

The app delivering these services is named Free Basics.

Free Basics and Internet.org has been controversial in several countries such as India, however, many still argue that the benefits outweigh the net neutrality issues.

Full remark:

Today we’re partnering with Airtel Africa to launch Internet.org Free Basics in Nigeria.
There’s a lot of innovation across Africa right now, and Nigeria in particular is home to a lot of talented developers.
In 2009, Olalekan Elude, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi started a site called Jobberman in their dorm to help connect people looking for work with companies looking to hire. Now Jobberman is one of the top 100 websites in Nigeria, and it gets 5,000 applications every day.
Free Basics offers Nigerians, including 90 million people who are currently offline, the opportunity to access news, health information and services like Jobberman that were built by Nigerians and other developers across West Africa — all without having to pay for data.
Free Basics is now live in more than 40 countries, and half of those are in Africa. Over the next few months, we’ll be doing even more to connect developers with people who can use their apps — and partner with local companies to bring internet to people across Africa who don’t have access to mobile networks.
In the meantime, I’m excited to see what Nigerians build next!

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You work hard, you get recognized by one of the world's tech giant. Then you can play hard.
Now this is what I call business.
SW Nigeria is home to Nigeria's technological hub.

mynd44
lalasticala

Nice

Zuckerberg!!! How far nau... Wetin dey xup

Can you just dash me $1000 for no reason? I need it urgently

Congratulations to the Nigerian trio

Karm16:
You work hard, you get recognized by one of the world's tech giant. Then you can play hard.
Now this is what I call business.
SW Nigeria is home to Nigeria's technological hub.

mynd44
lalasticala

jobberman crew is one of the few Nigerians the Nigerian problem don help.

How 'very' possible is it for an American to think about connecting people looking for job and company looking for who to ask employ?
The site may not even get enough traffic since the level of unemployment is relatively very low.

Lemme drop my comment.

kkk

Okay

This article was on FP some days ago, here we go again !

Tolexander:
jobberman crew is one of the few Nigerians the Nigerian problem don help.

How 'very' possible is it for an American to think about connecting people looking for job and company looking for who to ask employ?
The site may not even get enough traffic since the level of unemployment is relatively very low.

The funny thing is that you have tons of EFFECTIVE recruitment websites in developed countries. It is impossible for you not to get at least a call a day asking for your availability when you upload you resume in these websites.....if you've got the right qualifications and experience though.
From what I've gathered so far, Jobberman will need to step up their game big style for them to be taken seriously by quality candidates. But you think am, who Jobberman don EPP?

Zuckerberg eying Nigerian opportunity since the days of Adam and Eve.

Nigerian partners should firm up the business contract to avoid being scammed.

Zuckerberg eying Nigerian opportunity since the days of Adam and Eve.

Nigerian partners should firm up the business contract to avoid being scammed.
:O

Zuckerberg eying Nigerian opportunity since the days of Adam and Eve.

Nigerian partners should firm up the business contract to avoid being scammed.

Mtcheeew jobberman wey dey connect person to GNLD jobs. Nonsense

No one will be bothered about net neutrality cos dis is Nigeria.

Nairaland is actually on freebasics. I checked it out, but I cant login to my nairaland account.

Tolexander:
jobberman crew is one of the few Nigerians the Nigerian problem don help.

How 'very' possible is it for an American to think about connecting people looking for job and company looking for who to ask employ?
The site may not even get enough traffic since the level of unemployment is relatively very low.

Actually, in this economy, where job no dey, people go use am wella to search for jobs.

Repping naija big time.

Tolexander:
jobberman crew is one of the few Nigerians the Nigerian problem don help.

How 'very' possible is it for an American to think about connecting people looking for job and company looking for who to ask employ?
The site may not even get enough traffic since the level of unemployment is relatively very low.

ahem!!! Ever heard of indeed and monster? Your Nigerian brothers often go and try to scam people there as well. Also, Mr. Please, millions of people are unemployed in the United States of America.

Sweet old news

vicchi12:


ahem!!! Ever heard of indeed and monster? Your Nigerian brothers often go and try to scam people there as well. Also, Mr. Please, millions of people are unemployed in the United States of America.

I never said there is no unemployment in US.

vicchi12:


ahem!!! Ever heard of indeed and monster? Your Nigerian brothers often go and try to scam people there as well. Also, Mr. Please, millions of people are unemployed in the United States of America.

lmao

Who on NL has Jobberman helped to get employed?

where is Seun pls? can dis young man do us a favour and honour more interview, show more of his face and be more social?

Karm16:


lmao

My man, it's true o.

nice

elfico:
No one will be bothered about net neutrality cos dis is Nigeria.

No he is not. Nairaland is actually on freebasics. I checked it out, but I cant login to my nairaland account.

Tried getting the app on Google play store but apparently its not available in my country

Jobberman?!..


Do i need that?!....

HELL NOOOOO!!!!.

I REP 'ME'..


Kudos thou!..

But,

#teamOriginality
#team_Self-made..