After something that occurred to users of whatsapp where whatsapp was literary said to be down. I observed one thing, the outburst of Nigerians just on a thread alone https://www.nairaland.com/3778205/whatsapp-down few minutes after the thread was created.
I am not a so good coder but there are Nigerians, expert coders on this forum that can build something as good as whatsapp.
People were stranded because their whatsapp was down as it was something quite important to them. We can change something also, you can build your own social media.. Nothing is too small, small beginnings lead to big endings.... Look at snapchat, whatsapp, facebook, instagram, allo, etc. Start with something!


Please mind my typos

You are very correct. we have the ability and capability to do just that. But most Nigerian programmers are faced with a common challenge which is light. light to power their laptops 24/7 will really go a long way in improving our skills and experience.

^^^^As a result of the factors above, it is very hard to get a dedicated team working on all these things together.

Person wey never chop dey code?

pachman:
After something that occurred to users of whatsapp where whatsapp was literary said to be down. I observed one thing, the outburst of Nigerians just on a thread alone https://www.nairaland.com/3778205/whatsapp-down few minutes after the thread was created.
I am not a so good coder but there are Nigerians, expert coders on this forum that can build something as good as whatsapp.
People were stranded because their whatsapp was down as it was something quite important to them. We can change something also, you can build your own social media.. Nothing is too small, small beginnings lead to big endings.... Look at snapchat, whatsapp, facebook, instagram, allo, etc. Start with something!


Please mind my typos

The messenger app features of whatsapp arent exactly so much of a big deal to develop, u need to understand whatsapp runs on a complex server infrastructure to support billions of messages daily, so investment literally would be the challenge, you'll need several dedicated balanced/fail-over servers [i'm talking high-end, many-core/many-ram servers) to setup and a well written backend system (Whatsapp backend is mostly erlang btw), Running such an infrastructure requires solid investment, not impossible at all tho.

The whatsapp FB bought for about $19B, had a server count of several 100's, and collectively over a thousand processors +tera Bytes of Ram, and thats just a part of the big pictre

stack1:


The messenger app features of whatsapp arent exactly so much of a big deal to develop, u need to understand whatsapp runs on a complex server infrastructure to support billions of messages daily, so investment literally would be the challenge, you'll need several dedicated balanced/fail-over servers [i'm talking high-end, many-core/many-ram servers) to setup and a well written backend system (Whatsapp backend is mostly erlang btw), Running such an infrastructure requires solid investment, not impossible at all tho.

The whatsapp FB bought for about $19B, had a server count of several 100's, and collectively over a thousand processors +tera Bytes of Ram, and thats just a part of the big pictre

Wow! So it really did take a lot of money
Never thought of that... If we can cooperate as a team and work together to bring something up, we can develop and bring something from this environment.. From our own Nigeria

stack1:


The messenger app features of whatsapp arent exactly so much of a big deal to develop, u need to understand whatsapp runs on a complex server infrastructure to support billions of messages daily, so investment literally would be the challenge, you'll need several dedicated balanced/fail-over servers [i'm talking high-end, many-core/many-ram servers) to setup and a well written backend system (Whatsapp backend is mostly erlang btw), Running such an infrastructure requires solid investment, not impossible at all tho.

The whatsapp FB bought for about $19B, had a server count of several 100's, and collectively over a thousand processors +tera Bytes of Ram, and thats just a part of the big pictre

I politely disagree with you point.

If whatsapp guys where waiting until they could acquire a good number of servers and infrastructures then you and I know that there would be nothing like whatsapp today. Same goes for facebook and even google.

First bring the idea to life then worry about servers and other infrastructures later.

BlueMagnificent:


I politely disagree with you point.

If whatsapp guys where waiting until they could acquire a good number of servers and infrastructures then you and I know that there would be nothing like whatsapp today. Same goes for facebook and even google.

First bring the idea to life then worry about servers and other infrastructures later.

I politely agree with your point

A lot of things are wrong with this environment Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Please let me spare your the gory details.
It takes extraordinary determination, persistence and God-on-your-side to make it in Nigeria. Most programmers are just comfortable with their day jobs, which will exhaust them leaving them with no time for side projects.

mcqwerty:
A lot of things are wrong with this environment Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Please let me spare your the gory details.
It takes extraordinary determination, persistence and God-on-your-side to make it in Nigeria. Most programmers are just comfortable with their day jobs, which will exhaust them leaving them with no time for side projects.

Come on... It takes total determination... A team or group of determined individuals who can keep on inspiring one another!
If we can gather 30 good programmers on this forum that are determined.. Yes we can!

I am good at ideas also can code, I volunteer

We have ezehy
I also volunteer..
Can we get people that can volunteer to this kind of thing?

Am in....

Am In

I won't mind, but trust isn't so easy in Nigeria.

But it would have to be something utterly different from what exists..

cbrass:

This is the best comment on this thread.

pachman:

Come on... It takes total determination... A team or group of determined individuals who can keep on inspiring one another!
If we can gather 30 good programmers on this forum that are determined.. Yes we can!

My point is valid. Nigerians don't really have innovative minds...Why build another whatsapp? A guy was posting everywhere in the forum that he built a Nigeria Facebook? Why? Why? Even Telegram, IMO WhatsApp are not even close yet..

I'm yet to see a very innovative idea in Nigeria, it doesn't has to be something complex but unique, useful, and solves a lot of problem.

Facebook was entirely new, different type of Social Network site and unique when it came into existence, there was myspace then, but Mark chose to build something different. Twitter, another social website, but still unique, and does most things differently from Facebook, Then Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest.... They are all the same, but unique...these products is a work of very creative minds...

I took a course from edx some years back, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It changed the way I think ever since then.

And I don't think some group of young men, coming together to force an idea out will work... It doesn't work that way most times...

Nigerians way of thinking is more of making profits quickly instead of building a large user base(This is why most start-ups failed in Nigeria)...

4dor:


This is the best comment on this thread.

Really.

pseudonomer:


My point is valid. Nigerians don't really have innovative minds...Why build another whatsapp? A guy was posting everywhere in the forum that he built a Nigeria Facebook? Why? Why? Even Telegram, IMO WhatsApp are not even close yet..

I'm yet to see a very innovative idea in Nigeria, it doesn't has to be something complex but unique, useful, and solves a lot of problem.

Facebook was entirely new, different type of Social Network site and unique when it came into existence, there was myspace then, but Mark chose to build something different. Twitter, another social website, but still unique, and does most things differently from Facebook, Then Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest.... They are all the same, but unique...these products is a work of very creative minds...

I took a course from edx some years back, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It changed the way I think ever since then.

And I don't think some group of young men, coming together to force an idea out will work... It doesn't work that way most times...

Nigerians way of thinking is more of making profits quickly instead of building a large user base(This is why most start-ups failed in Nigeria)...

This is another comment I really like. Unfortunately, you're like a Pastor preaching in a bar. Most of the people you're talking to have no idea.

stack1:


The messenger app features of whatsapp arent exactly so much of a big deal to develop, u need to understand whatsapp runs on a complex server infrastructure to support billions of messages daily, so investment literally would be the challenge, you'll need several dedicated balanced/fail-over servers [i'm talking high-end, many-core/many-ram servers) to setup and a well written backend system (Whatsapp backend is mostly erlang btw), Running such an infrastructure requires solid investment, not impossible at all tho.

The whatsapp FB bought for about $19B, had a server count of several 100's, and collectively over a thousand processors +tera Bytes of Ram, and thats just a part of the big pictre

Flesh and blood did not reveal this to you.

Listen and read Carefully




Facebook, Twitter, Google all has wealthy Investors and some of their founders even had wealthy or very comfortable parents who were able to support their lifestyle while they focused on their companies until the Companies became profitable over the long term

These investors who invested their money in exchange for for an equity stake or share or part ownership of the Company and provided long term working expenditure capital to keep advertising heavily, creating products and keep paying staff until income started coming into the company. Have You heard of Yuri Milner, Eduardo Savarrin, Kleiner Perkins, Sequioa Capita, Peter Thiell................These are are early investors who invested in some of these Companies


If You want to start a Cable Company like DSTV the richest Company in Africa, You need to get TV Broadcasting licences which cost millions, Sign Broadcasting Streaming rights for Sports Leagues, Movie Channels, News Channels, Have Transmitters, Routers, employ staff, open offices
All these would cost Billions of dollars before even making a dime in revenue without the chance of making a profitbecause of already established big money Competitors so it is better to invest or Start Up Untapped areas of Business and try to quickly expand and scale the business



Iroko in Nigeria, Jumia, Konga and . Hotels.ng all had initial serious investors mainly foreign investors who invested PLENTY capital in exchange for for an equity stake or share or part ownership of the Company and provided long term working expenditure capital to keep advertising heavily, creating products and keep paying staff until income started coming into the company...examples include RocketInternet, Pierre Omidyar of E Bay fame

Some new businesses might take several years to become profitable so its best to have enough working capital to last through those periods


High demand, Low Competiton, Capital to enter, opportunity, timing, affordable pricing

4dor:


This is another comment I really like. Unfortunately, you're like a Pastor preaching in a bar. Most of the people you're talking to have no idea.

Na your papa born you

4dor:


This is another comment I really like. Unfortunately, you're like a Pastor preaching in a bar. Most of the people you're talking to have no idea.

Very funny, this thread has been a great source of entertainment for me, i however prefer to just be in the background and watch. . .

AntiWailer:


Flesh and blood did not reveal this to you.

But my father in heaven


BTW I did my own kind of whatsapp using jquery,framework7 and php but na only me they chat with my self not even mybabe gree use the thing, even my blood sisters kept giving me excuses why they can't use it, so if my own blood will deny me shey na Nigerians with bad mouth that will accept it

dhtml18:

Very funny, this thread has been a great source of entertainment for me, i however prefer to just be in the background and watch. . .

cbrass:



But my father in heaven


BTW I did my own kind of whatsapp using jquery,framework7 and php but na only me they chat with my self not even mybabe gree use the thing, even my blood sisters kept giving me excuses why they can't use it, so if my own blood will deny me shey na Nigerians with bad mouth that will accept it

cbrass:



But my father in heaven


BTW I did my own kind of whatsapp using jquery,framework7 and php but na only me they chat with my self not even mybabe gree use the thing, even my blood sisters kept giving me excuses why they can't use it, so if my own blood will deny me shey na Nigerians with bad mouth that will accept it

Me i no go ever ever try to install that your okrika whatsapp o, make i no lie to you

This thing we are putting up here oo no good
ee bashing and discouragement coming from far and wide


But to be frank, we can get investors and people from all over Nigeria that would be very interested in investing being a Nigerian stuff

Investors will be nice o, i want them too!

dhtml18:
Investors will be nice o, i want them too!

This man wining us
Make we start from somewhere