Kelechi2020:


Even the overhyped mark recognized Kenya as the leader in mobile money.... The difference is too clear...

But in Tomi Davies’ and Kirsten Buch’s opinion, attention is suddenly shifting from those two competitors up there to Lagos. Lagos is now the focus of start-up and ICT attention in Africa with the arrival of AngelFairWestAfrica and the soon-to-be-launched 88Mph accelerator unit.




While Kenya may have had the first incubator space outside of South Africa and there is a constant stream of start-ups getting profiled from there, a Nigerian probably wrote the manual on self-promotion. It has been a struggle overcoming the stereotypical reputation that doing business in Nigeria and Lagos got, but dare I say, Nigeria is steadily climbing out of that hole.

Lagos is developing an ICT-themed start-up ecosystem that is drawing international investment and has seen the launching of several incubators [iROKO’s Spark, IDEA, Rocket’s space and CcHub] and with a market big enough to make certain kinds of online plays and an estimated 700,000-1,000,000 broadband consumers in the city, Lagos is in the running.

Kirsten Buch, founder of 88Mph, says of his company “The plan was always to cover Africa and you can’t really say you’ve got African coverage, if you’re not in Nigeria… Kenya has been destroyed by the impact of NGO funding. On the media side, it’s been well exposed and there’s a lot on the surface. Real substance, companies that are successful? There’s not a lot. The Kenyan business community have also become discouraged by that…The bigger, serious investors lean more towards Nigeria. It’s mostly about market size. You can scale something here.”


http://techcabal.com/2014/05/12/ict-face-off-lagos-vs-kenya-vs-south-africa/

Pay strong attention to the red highlight about Kenya ICT. A lot of ICT noise in Kenya, but not a lot of success or successful ICT businesses.



That did not come from me obviously so what's your point..


And Nigeria is the largest mobile market in Africa and even more mobile presence than the entire population of Kenya..

aresa:








Pay strong attention to the red highlight about Kenya ICT. A lot of ICT noise in Kenya, but not a lot of success or successful ICT businesses.



That did not come from me obviously so what's your point..

Investing in Internet subscriber market is not the same thing as setting up a tech research and development firm. How many tech firms are setting up research branches in Lagos? The answer none.

Besides With the state of our current economy and restrictive forex policy do you think any right investor will want to still invest in anything in Nigeria?

GBTYO:

Investing in Internet subscriber market is not the same thing as setting up a tech research and development firm. How many tech firms are setting up research branches in Lagos? The answer none.

Besides With the state of our current economy and restrictive forex policy do you think any right investor will want to still invest in anything in Nigeria?

But in Tomi Davies’ and Kirsten Buch’s opinion, attention is suddenly shifting from those two competitors up there to Lagos. Lagos is now the focus of start-up and ICT attention in Africa with the arrival of AngelFairWestAfrica and the soon-to-be-launched 88Mph accelerator unit.




While Kenya may have had the first incubator space outside of South Africa and there is a constant stream of start-ups getting profiled from there, a Nigerian probably wrote the manual on self-promotion. It has been a struggle overcoming the stereotypical reputation that doing business in Nigeria and Lagos got, but dare I say, Nigeria is steadily climbing out of that hole.

Lagos is developing an ICT-themed start-up ecosystem that is drawing international investment and has seen the launching of several incubators [iROKO’s Spark, IDEA, Rocket’s space and CcHub] and with a market big enough to make certain kinds of online plays and an estimated 700,000-1,000,000 broadband consumers in the city, Lagos is in the running.

Kirsten Buch, founder of 88Mph, says of his company “The plan was always to cover Africa and you can’t really say you’ve got African coverage, if you’re not in Nigeria… Kenya has been destroyed by the impact of NGO funding. On the media side, it’s been well exposed and there’s a lot on the surface. Real substance, companies that are successful? There’s not a lot. The Kenyan business community have also become discouraged by that…The bigger, serious investors lean more towards Nigeria. It’s mostly about market size. You can scale something here.”


http://techcabal.com/2014/05/12/ict-face-off-lagos-vs-kenya-vs-south-africa/

What I posted has nothing to do with internet subscribers even though larger internet subscribers means more ICT consumers, I posted an article that says Lagos Nigeria is the best place to be in terms if ICT.


Learn how to read and comprehend, Lagos Nigeria is where ICT is flowing into and our innovations are bigger and larger than what they have in Kenya.

And as stated in the above article, Kenyan ICT business are not successful, it's just noise..

Meanwhile..

Kenyans are so thin that they run round shower without getting wet

aresa:







What I posted has nothing to do with internet subscribers even though larger internet subscribers means more ICT consumers, I posted an article that says Lagos Nigeria is the best place to be in terms if ICT.


Learn how to read and comprehend, Lagos Nigeria is where ICT is flowing into and our innovations are bigger and larger than what they have in Kenya.

And as stated in the above article, Kenyan ICT business are not successful, it's just noise..

Mark went to Kenya to interact with local IT entrepreneurs.


Mark came to Lagos to meet with IT students and then went to Abuja to judge a student competition .

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GBTYO:



Mark went to Kenya to interact with local IT entrepreneurs.


Mark came to Lagos to meet with IT students and then went to Abuja to judge a student competition .

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Very ignorant and unintelligent.

aresa:
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Very ignorant and unintelligent.

Coming from the official pant sniffer of Remi Tinubu and chief photographer of osun state

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GBTYO:


Coming from the official pant sniffer of Remi Tinubu and chief photographer of osun state

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This is the kind of gutter nonsense you are know for and you should stick to instead of spewing ignorance and hate about your own country..


Silly Igbos with no sense of identity and country...

Bunmi (an Accenture alumni) has rich experiences in both private and public sectors. He has 19 years’ experience in the design and implementation of ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs, E-Government Solutions, Government Enterprise Solutions.

He was previously a Special Adviser on Information Technology to the former Minister for Communication Technology. Bunmi has a vast experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, government operations and relations, including shaping key Federal Government ICT initiatives, policy and execution.

During his role as the Special Adviser, he developed and program managed implementation of key ICT initiatives such as Government Service Portal, ICT Incubation Program called iDEA, Techlaunchpad Accelerator Program and Open Data Program. He developed the Concept Note and Business Plan for the establishment of Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE).

He is a current National Coordinator for Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE).

He is a certified Accenture Systems Integration Solution Architect and IT Delivery Manager; a Specialist of Business Continuity Institute (SBCI), certified ITIL, COBIT and Business Continuity Management.


Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Expert 13 Years
Government Solutions - Expert 8 Years
Government Relations & Operations - Expert 8+ Years
Business Management - Expert 10+ years
Solution Architect - Expert 11+ Years
Project Management - Expert 11+ Years
IT Strategy & Transformation - Expert 10+ Years
Technology Visioning & Infrastructure - Expert 11+ Years
Technical Architecture Design - Expert 11+ Years
Application Assessment & Requirements - Expert 8+ Years
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SAP-Technical Architecture - Skilled 4 Years
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Bunmi Okunowo

National Coordinator, Office for ICT Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIIE)


And for the disgraced and discredited country hating and low self esteem Reno Omokri and his ignorant ipob followers, this is the man in charge of our ICT.

A great professional with strong ICT education and background.


I understand the ignorance and lack of intelligence of the bitter, angry and disgruntled Igbos, but Reno Omokri spent so many years in government, but sill dumb and clueless about Nigerian government and who is in charge of our ministries and agencies..


What a sad shame..

aresa:








Pay strong attention to the red highlight about Kenya ICT. A lot of ICT noise in Kenya, but not a lot of success or successful ICT businesses.



That did not come from me obviously so what's your point..


And Nigeria is the largest mobile market in Africa and even more mobile presence than the entire population of Kenya..

While awaiting your answers to my questions in the first page, Kenya is not even up to 25% of Nigeria in terms of population, so expectedly there are more phone users in Nigeria but the value of a sim card in Kenya out weighs that of a sim card in Nigeria because outside data, calls and sms, it serves as a means to receive and send transfers, get loans from banks through credit ratings of the telcos operating the mobile money networks.

A Kenyan bank, KCB has within 2 years given out loans of about N42bn through the sim cards, what is the value of the sim card in Nigeria?

http://www.kassfm.co.ke/new/index.php/component/k2/item/1585-kcb-m-pesa-loan-disbursements-cross-ksh10b-mark

Pavore9:


While awaiting your answers to my questions in the first page, Kenya is not even up to 25% of Nigeria in terms of population, so expectedly there are more phone users in Nigeria but the value of a sim card in Kenya out weighs that of a sim card in Nigeria because outside data, calls and sms, it serves as a means to receive and send transfers, get loans from banks through credit ratings of the telcos operating the mobile money networks.

A Kenyan bank, KCB has within 2 years given out loans of about N42bn through the sim cards, what is the value of the sim card in Nigeria?

http://www.kassfm.co.ke/new/index.php/component/k2/item/1585-kcb-m-pesa-loan-disbursements-cross-ksh10b-mark

What was your question again?

Please post relevant facts about your Kenya sim cards and how because of this, Kenya's ICT is larger than Nigeria before I discuss that with you.


Documented facts first.

aresa:


Bunmi (an Accenture alumni) has rich experiences in both private and public sectors. He has 19 years’ experience in the design and implementation of ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs, E-Government Solutions, Government Enterprise Solutions.
He was previously a Special Adviser on Information Technology to the former Minister for Communication Technology. Bunmi has a vast experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, government operations and relations, including shaping key Federal Government ICT initiatives, policy and execution.
During his role as the Special Adviser, he developed and program managed implementation of key ICT initiatives such as Government Service Portal, ICT Incubation Program called iDEA, Techlaunchpad Accelerator Program and Open Data Program. He developed the Concept Note and Business Plan for the establishment of Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE).
He is a current National Coordinator for Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE).
He is a certified Accenture Systems Integration Solution Architect and IT Delivery Manager; a Specialist of Business Continuity Institute (SBCI), certified ITIL, COBIT and Business Continuity Management.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Expert 13 Years
Government Solutions - Expert 8 Years
Government Relations & Operations - Expert 8+ Years
Business Management - Expert 10+ years
Solution Architect - Expert 11+ Years
Project Management - Expert 11+ Years
IT Strategy & Transformation - Expert 10+ Years
Technology Visioning & Infrastructure - Expert 11+ Years
Technical Architecture Design - Expert 11+ Years
Application Assessment & Requirements - Expert 8+ Years
Enterprise Application Integration - Skilled 6+ Years
SAP-Technical Architecture - Skilled 4 Years
IT Service Continuity Management - Expert 10+ Years
Bunmi Okunowo
National Coordinator, Office for ICT Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIIE)
And for the disgraced and discredited country hating and low self esteem Reno Omokri and his ignorant ipob followers, this is the man in charge of our ICT.
A great professional with strong ICT education and background.
I understand the ignorance and lack of intelligence of the bitter, angry and disgruntled Igbos, but Reno Omokri spent so many years in government, but sill dumb and clueless about Nigerian government and who is in charge of our ministries and agencies..
What a sad shame..

I posted this info on Omokri's twitter page and shame make am block me ASAP...




Truth hurts...




.

aresa:





What was your question again?

Please post relevant facts about your Kenya sim cards and how because of this, Kenya's ICT is larger than Nigeria before I discuss that with you.


Documented facts first.

Check my first quote of you.

Pavore9:

Check my first quote of you.

Pavore9:


That is Adebaya Shittu, the Minister in charge of ICT.

1. The above is your first quote which was ignorance about Nigerian's ICT minister that I've already discredited and proven wrong with facts and links.

Bunmi Okunowo is the person in charge of Nigeria's ICT so thank me for that knowledge.


2. I still don't see any documented facts and evidence in your initial post so kindly cut and paste it here..

aresa:


Pay strong attention to the red highlight about Kenya ICT. A lot of ICT noise in Kenya, but not a lot of success or successful ICT businesses.

That did not come from me obviously so what's your point..

And Nigeria is the largest mobile market in Africa and even more mobile presence than the entire population of Kenya..

Kenyan got better ICT startup system than Nigeria.
Just visit our so called silicone valley in Yaba, you will never know something is going on except you're a developer.

The last pitch i attanted will show you how backward ICT INDUSTRY.

Everything here is copy and paste.

Our so called Mobil market is no generating any good income for developers.

Most of our banking FINTECH applications are from foreign developers.

Just check out JUMIA and KONGA operations for some months now, everything is dropping.

aresa:








1. The above is your first quote which was ignorance about Nigerian's ICT minister that I've already discredited and proven wrong with facts and links.

Bunmi Okunowo is the person in charge of Nigeria's ICT so thank me for that knowledge.


2. I still don't see any documented facts and evidence in your initial post so kindly cut and paste it here..

That is not my first of you rather your first of me.

I will not thank you because you passed no knowledge as the thread is about the Ministers who has the ICT sector under their Ministry!

I repost my questions.

Pavore9:


I work in Nairobi and still comfortable with my Nigerian passport. You think Nigeria deploy IT more than Kenya?.....Let us work with facts not sentiments!

Answer the following questions.

1. Can you in Nigeria receive International money transfer such as Moneygram, WesternUnion, Worldremit etc into your phone number that is not linked to any bank account?

2. Can you in Nigeria go to a nearby kiosk and top up your phone line with money and use a visa card that is exclusive to your phone number, go online and shop on Amazon, buy flight tickets, pay Skype subscription etc?

3. Can you go to a nearby shop on your street to go and cash money sent from anywhere in the world without visiting a bank?

4. Can you go to a nearby shop on your street with your ATM Card and use the Shop's POS to withdrawal money from your account or can also deposit money into your bank account or someone's own?

5. Can you use a Nokia 3310 to send money to the phone number of someone in the rural area and the person walks not less than 2 mins to cash the money?

6. Can someone anywhere in the world send you money straight to your phone number, then you go to a nearby shop to buy groceries and you pay the owner by sending the total amount to the shop's code?

7. Do you use your Glo, MTN, Airtel or Etisalat line to pay for services such as Uber Taxi, that is also in Nigeria?

8. Can farmers in Nigeria who owns greenhouses use a phone as basic as Nokia 3310 wherever he/she is in Nigeria to control the temperature of their greenhouses or schedule when crops will be watered?

9. Why do IT giants prefer their regional base in Nairobi as against Lagos or Abuja?

I am Patriotic but facts are sacred!

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OBAGADAFFI:


Kenyan got better ICT startup system than Nigeria.
Just visit our so called silicone valley in Yaba, you will never know something is going on except you're a developer.

The last pitch i attanted will show you how backward ICT INDUSTRY.

Everything here is copy and paste.

Our so called Mobil market is no generating any good income for developers.

Most of our banking FINTECH applications are from foreign developers.

Just check out JUMIA and KONGA operations for some months now, everything is dropping.

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Andela, the Lagos-based company that trains and deploys software developers, is closing a $24 million Series B round—with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), founded by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, leading the round.


http://qz.com/708501/mark-zuckerbergs-foundation-is-investing-millions-in-a-company-that-trains-coders-in-africa/

You opinion and not facts.


The most powerful players are investing in ICT innovations in Nigeria so your argument and negative take makes no sense..


Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg’s first bet and investment in Africa went to Andela in Lagos Nigeria and not Kenya.

Pavore9:


That is not my first of you rather your first of me.

I will not thank you because you passed no knowledge as the thread is about the Ministers who has the ICT sector under their Ministry!

I repost my questions.

I did not ask for fact less opinion, I asked for documents facts and links to back up your views with about Kenya and your sim card business and how it makes them better than Nigeria in ICT.


Back up your argument with facts, not your own personal opinion.

Pavore9:


I work in Nairobi and still comfortable with my Nigerian passport. You think Nigeria deploy IT more than Kenya?.....Let us work with facts not sentiments!

Answer the following questions.

1. Can you in Nigeria receive International money transfer such as Moneygram, WesternUnion, Worldremit etc into your phone number that is not linked to any bank account?

2. Can you in Nigeria go to a nearby kiosk and top up your phone line with money and use a visa card that is exclusive to your phone number, go online and shop on Amazon, buy flight tickets, pay Skype subscription etc?

3. Can you go to a nearby shop on your street to go and cash money sent from anywhere in the world without visiting a bank?

4. Can you go to a nearby shop on your street with your ATM Card and use the Shop's POS to withdrawal money from your account or can also deposit money into your bank account or someone's own?

5. Can you use a Nokia 3310 to send money to the phone number of someone in the rural area and the person walks not less than 2 mins to cash the money?

6. Can someone anywhere in the world send you money straight to your phone number, then you go to a nearby shop to buy groceries and you pay the owner by sending the total amount to the shop's code?

7. Do you use your Glo, MTN, Airtel or Etisalat line to pay for services such as Uber Taxi, that is also in Nigeria?

8. Can farmers in Nigeria who owns greenhouses use a phone as basic as Nokia 3310 wherever he/she is in Nigeria to control the temperature of their greenhouses or schedule when crops will be watered?

9. Why do IT giants prefer their regional base in Nairobi as against Lagos or Abuja?

I am Patriotic but facts are sacred!

Yes o! Something like that is On my street. I don't need to go to the bank.

GBTYO:
Mynd44 go soon delete this thread because it shames his APC masters.

I concur Sir

Beremx:
Yes o! Something like that is On my street. I don't need to go to the bank.

Obviously, they don't have such in his village..


Very soon, he'll tell us we don't wear cloths in Nigeria.


Its crazy the ignorant nonsense these people come up with just because they hate their own country so much..

Thsi is truly funny sha

OBAGADAFFI:


Kenyan got better ICT startup system than Nigeria.
Just visit our so called silicone valley in Yaba, you will never know something is going on except you're a developer.

The last pitch i attanted will show you how backward ICT INDUSTRY.

Everything here is copy and paste.

Our so called Mobil market is no generating any good income for developers.

Most of our banking FINTECH applications are from foreign developers.

Just check out JUMIA and KONGA operations for some months now, everything is dropping.

I am glad you are within the field and know what is on ground. Mobile money which is indigenous to Kenya and independent of the banking system has put them on the world map. So once you have a sim card you are financially included. Going by their Central bank report, an average of $30m (which is about N12bn) is moved daily across the mobile money networks and their agencies network engage over 200,000 people.

Just as one cash money from the agents in the first picture so can one cash money sent by relatives in the U.S from the village agent in picture 2. No one is left out once you have a sim card.

Nigeria’s tech startups are in a race to fix a multibillion-dollar payments problem



In just two years, Nigeria has become PayPal’s 3rd largest mobile e-commerce market with transactions of $819 million expected in 2016.

Collectively, local payment start-ups are working to ensure that electronic payments are generally more successful. There’s plenty of reason to get this right for all involved as just last year the value of online and offline electronic payment transactions in Nigeria was pegged at $155 billion


In just two years since PayPal launched in Nigeria, it has seen the country rocket to its third largest mobile e-commerce market in the world with transactions of some $610 million in 2015 via a phone. PayPal says it’s on course to hit $819 million this year.


http://qz.com/729520/start-ups-in-nigeria-are-solving-a-crucial-electronic-payments-problem-one-tweak-at-a-time/

We are talking about $155 billion electronic transactions and some Kenya loving joker is talking about some Kenya village $30 million rubbish..


This is what you get when some self hating people hate their own country so much that they think insignificant and far behind countries are better than their own country...


What a shame

Nigeria Is Africa's Leading Ecommerce Market - Ventures Africa





Online shopping in Africa has blossomed in recent times, riding on the back of improved broadband access. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is leading the way in e-commerce growth, with 65 percent of the country’s 50 million internet users having at one time or the other shopped online.


The results of the study confirm Nigeria as Africa’s leading e-commerce nation in the amount of potential and existing online shoppers, which is at 89 percent, compared to South Africa’s 70 percent and Kenya’s 60 percent.

Drivers of Growth

There are several key drivers that would encourage even more e-commerce in Nigeria. Out of the 500 adults involved in the survey, 53 percent of those who have shopped online in the past said faster delivery of goods would encourage them to shop online more often. 40 percent indicated that safer ways to pay was a key driver while 31 percent indicated lower product costs as a driver to do more shopping online.

http://venturesafrica.com/nigeria-is-africas-leading-ecommerce-market/

Just look at that chart? Kenya is not even close and still behind SA which is behind Nigeria..


Kenya ko, Kenyata ni...


Rubbish...

Pavore9:


I am glad you are within the field and know what is on ground. Mobile money which is indigenous to Kenya and independent of the banking system has put them on the world map. So once you have a sim card you are financially included. Going by their Central bank report, an average of $30m (which is about N12bn) is moved daily across the mobile money networks and their agencies network engage over 200,000 people.

Just as one cash money from the agents in the first picture so can one cash money sent by relatives in the U.S from the village agent in picture 2. No one is left out once you have a sim card.

Do you remember when Nigeria banks and telcos where lunching Mobil money some years ago how many are still functional.

Today most of these platforms are not generating much income for the companies.

Glo Xchange is a typical example here, both the agents and companies are not getting ROI on these platforms.

Reason is because technology adoption is difficult in Nigeria.

Beremx:
Yes o! Something like that is On my street. I don't need to go to the bank.

It's called mobile money.

aresa:




I did not ask for fact less opinion, I asked for documents facts and links to back up your views with about Kenya and your sim card business and how it makes them better than Nigeria in ICT.


Back up your argument with facts, not your own personal opinion.

Verifiable facts not views. Take time to go through this links as l focus only just on agriculture which is my homezone,

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/05/kenya-smart-greenhouse-tomatoes-watering-farming

http://www.farmdrive.co.ke

http://wefarm.org

http://www.innovationiseverywhere.com/real-time-stock-price-african-farmers-case-study-connected-agriculture-m-farm-kenya/

Nigeria Had Mobile Money Before Kenya’s M-Pesa


Contrary to what you might believe, mobile money isn’t new in Nigeria. In fact, Nigeria has had mobile money before Kenya’s M-Pesa launched in 2007. It’s been around since the early 2000s, way back when the telcos were gaining traction and ATM machines hadn’t proliferated all over the country.


http://techloy.com/2012/07/01/nigeria-had-mobile-money-before-kenyas-m-pesa/

And some joker was praising this as some form of Kenyan invention and ingenuity over Nigeria?


The fact that we saw no serious economic advantage in this and we have many other ways of financial transactions doesn't mean Kenya is doing anything better than us.

This is something we can easily dominate tomorrow is there's need for it.

Needs and demand dictates innovations and what people gravitate towards, not some imaginary ingenuity and innovations that we actually started in Nigeria before Kenya.


We still do more E-Commerce volume than Kenya and the rest of Africa so exactly what's the silly argument about some sim card nonsense in Kenya...

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Pavore9:


Verifiable facts not views. Take time to go through this links as l focus only just on agriculture which is my homezone,

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/jan/05/kenya-smart-greenhouse-tomatoes-watering-farming

http://www.farmdrive.co.ke

http://wefarm.org

http://www.innovationiseverywhere.com/real-time-stock-price-african-farmers-case-study-connected-agriculture-m-farm-kenya/

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We are not talking about farming, I was not discussing farming with you so what's the meaning of your pointless and bait and switch farming rubbish?


I asked you to show us facts and links to back up your Kenya money sim card argument and you are posting rubbish about farm in some village in kenya?



It's a pain discussing with your type.

aresa:
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You opinion and not facts.


The most powerful players are investing in ICT innovations in Nigeria so your argument and negative take makes no sense..


Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg’s first bet and investment in Africa went to Andela in Lagos Nigeria and not Kenya.

From your link.

When a developer is accepted into Andela, he or she is relocated to the company’s offices in Lagos or Nairobi, and is trained in a specific technology stack. After six months, participants are then placed with tech company clients which have included Microsoft, IBM, the Muse, and Udacity.

It's a known fact that most of our developers don't work for indigenous companies.
That's Brian drain for you.

That's why most of our technologies are not adopted locally.

Just looking at e-commerce, more than 90% of consumers prefer Pay on Delivery.

aresa:






Bunmi (an Accenture alumni) has rich experiences in both private and public sectors. He has 19 years’ experience in the design and implementation of ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship programs, E-Government Solutions, Government Enterprise Solutions.

He was previously a Special Adviser on Information Technology to the former Minister for Communication Technology. Bunmi has a vast experience in innovation and entrepreneurship, government operations and relations, including shaping key Federal Government ICT initiatives, policy and execution.

During his role as the Special Adviser, he developed and program managed implementation of key ICT initiatives such as Government Service Portal, ICT Incubation Program called iDEA, Techlaunchpad Accelerator Program and Open Data Program. He developed the Concept Note and Business Plan for the establishment of Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE).

He is a current National Coordinator for Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE).

He is a certified Accenture Systems Integration Solution Architect and IT Delivery Manager; a Specialist of Business Continuity Institute (SBCI), certified ITIL, COBIT and Business Continuity Management.


Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Expert 13 Years
Government Solutions - Expert 8 Years
Government Relations & Operations - Expert 8+ Years
Business Management - Expert 10+ years
Solution Architect - Expert 11+ Years
Project Management - Expert 11+ Years
IT Strategy & Transformation - Expert 10+ Years
Technology Visioning & Infrastructure - Expert 11+ Years
Technical Architecture Design - Expert 11+ Years
Application Assessment & Requirements - Expert 8+ Years
Enterprise Application Integration - Skilled 6+ Years
SAP-Technical Architecture - Skilled 4 Years
IT Service Continuity Management - Expert 10+ Years



Bunmi Okunowo

National Coordinator, Office for ICT Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIIE)


And for the disgraced and discredited country hating and low self esteem Reno Omokri and his ignorant ipob followers, this is the man in charge of our ICT.

A great professional with strong ICT education and background.


I understand the ignorance and lack of intelligence of the bitter, angry and disgruntled Igbos, but Reno Omokri spent so many years in government, but sill dumb and clueless about Nigerian government and who is in charge of our ministries and agencies..


What a sad shame..

Why is Bunmi not the minister instead of that old, dirty, and nasty looking man, whatever his name