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BabaRamota1980:
Deomello,
Becareful.... .
At the rate you are punching holes in their shenanigans you will get in their skin, and when that happens you will be declared a non-entity in SE.

NCP:
Chukwudifo Enichanya: Chuks Engineering Systems Ltd

raker300:
Nnamdi ezigbo: tecno mobile, slot

Tecno Mobile is a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer The company began operations in July 2006 in Hong Kong. With its first research and development centre in Shanghai, China, Tecno Mobile was founded as Tecno Telecom Limited, but later changed its name to Transsion Holdings with Tecno Mobile serving as one of its subsidiaries. Tecno focused its business on Africa and the South Asian market. However, following market research conducted in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, the company found that Africa was the most lucrative region.[/b]As a result of this, in 2008, it stopped doing business in Asia to exclusively focus on Africa. The Tecno Camon C8 helped the mobile phone manufacturer compete with market share of Samsung, and Apple in Africa

Bifwoli:
This thread is both tribally chauvinistic and blindly skewed Lol.

Quite a few other African tribes all over the continent can similarly lay claim to "greatest and most intelligent tribe" in Africa .

mercyville:
lol..Igbo and deceit.I really pity them.The seventy percent industries in SW suddenly disappeared.. ..

naturalman:
Jealousy, go and die...

The owner is an Igbo woman....

naturalman:
NOBEL CARPET AND RUG COMPANY owned by Lucy okeke

Lucky Fibres Plc, makers of NOBEL Carpets and Rugs is a member of Tolaram Group of Companies. Lucky Fibres Plc, markets and distributes NOBEL Carpets and Rugs in Nigeria and Ghana. We are Proud Nigerian company with largest manufacturing facility of Carpets and Rugs in the West Africa with an experience of over 25 years. Our products are ISO 9001 certified and are made keeping International standards in mind. With 25 years of experience under our belt, we have delivered Carpets and Rugs solutions for a plethora of businesses; ranging from hotels, corporate offices, telecommunication companies, government offices, residential, churches, mosques, restaurants, events, etc.
© 2014 Nobel Carpet & Rugs. All Rights Reserved. Home Interactive Room Capabilities News & Events Contact Us

Lucky Fibres (Nigeria) Limited manufactures carpets and rugs. It manufactures filament polypropylene yarns, tufted, and printed carpets. The company was incorporated in 1986 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Lucky Fibres (Nigeria) Limited operates as a subsidiary of Tolaram Corporation Pte., Ltd.
Martins Street 47-57
Great Nigeria House
20th fl
Lagos,
Nigeria
Founded in 1986


Mr. Dinesh Rathi
Chief Operating Officer

https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=44267176

BeautifulMind2:
Igbos are great

NCP:
Axion, a brand of dishwashing paste and dishwashing liquid manufactured by Colgate Palmolive.

raker300:
Jude Obiakor: axion group

raker300:
Dr. Godwin Maduka

These drivers are full-time employees (on salary) of FindADriver247 and are deployed to clients who live closest to them. There are a number of packages prospective clients can choose from. Hence there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. However, you must own a vehicle or have access to one before you can use our service. Please note that we’re not a driver recruitment agency.

In the bid to deliver on their value proposition, the startup takes responsibility for major damages caused by drivers to customers’ vehicles — either by fixing the damages or paying for the repairs.

In addition, their replacement policy allows customers to request a change if the services of a deployed driver proves unsatisfactory. With a competitor like DriversNG, the founders are quite certain that their approach will gain them an upper hand in the field of play.

deedeedee1:
Yoruba women are really hardworking and intelligent. I respect them no be small

When Saudat Salami, a certified Microsoft trainer with background in web programming, started her online grocery shopping business “EasyShop EasyCook” 11 years ago, she had no one to look up to and learn from in the industry. Today, her business has continued to wax in strength, defying all odds, including the rough time the eCommerce industry is currently going through in Nigeria.


Like I said I was a website developer for a few years. I’m also a certified Microsoft trainer so IT has always been a core aspect of me. A few years ago — about 10 – 12 years ago — I wanted to change my line of business, settle down, get married and I was thinking of challenges in the home front that normal working women face every day.

I was brainstorming with a friend about the challenges of the working women and with my IT background, I just thought to set up an online shop where working women could access shopping services and still pursue their career. So everything we do in EasyShop EasyCook is about the working woman; all our services and how we run our business is about trying to make it easy for you to be a working woman, to pursue your career, to travel, go for conferences, and still have food at

TundeBricklayer:
Hateful tribe

Funke Bucknor – Obruthe (FBO)
When FBO, as she is fondly called, started Zapphaire Events around 2002, there was really no events planning industry. Her creativity, tenacity and professionalism largely contributed to what is now one of Nigeria’s fastest growing industries. Initially seen by many as the Queen of Wedding Planning, FBO has expanded Zapphaire’s footprint to Corporate Events, having worked with clients like Fidelity Bank, UBA and Access Bank. She has been featured on CNN and also on the prestigious BBC 100 Women 2016 list.

Omo Alata, the Yoruba name for spice seller is a budding food processing company that wants to simplify the way Nigerians cook their food. As a busy wife and computer science graduate Kasope Ladipo-Ajai no longer had the 2-3 hours it took to make a standard stew or soup after facing hours of traffic plus a full workday. Spending time abroad she saw how quick service and prepackaged meals made life easier for busy families, especially working moms. While busy urbanites are having trouble accessing and cooking fresh meals, millions of pounds of produce go to waste during long transit times to urban centers. Kasope and her husband Olatayo founded Omo Alata Foods to provide ready to cook pepper and stew products and tap into the rapidly growing middle class consumer and desire for high quality packaged foods.

TundeBricklayer:
You guys are most bitter and jealous tribe I have ever seen

Jobberman
is West Africa’s most popular job search engine and aggregator. went live in August 2009, and today the site attracts over 50,000 unique users each day. Through simple, yet cutting-edge technology, Jobberman helps link qualified personnel to the right job opportunities.

Its cofounder and chief visionary is 27-year-old, Nigerian-born Ayodeji Adewunmi. Despite a solid educational background in Medicine & Surgery from one of Nigeria’s most storied Universities, Adewunmi found fame, fortune and fulfillment in an entirely different path.

I chatted with him briefly today, and he recounted his startup story, bragged about his comparative advantage, and mused on the future. Here are some highlights from our talk.

What is Jobberman? Share a few little-known stories about the birth of the site?

has its roots at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. We were all students at that time and on the 9th of August 2009, I struck gold while reading the making of Naukri.com in the book Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal. I often tell people, your next million dollar idea might be breathing in the shelf next door! I called up two friends, Opeyemi Awoyemi and Olalekan Olude, and shared my idea of with them. We all became co-founders of the site.

A week later, we were set and ready for operations. I have always believed that allies are essential in business and life. These two individuals are some of the most driven and committed individuals I have ever known, so the selection was only natural.

Jobberman started out only in 2009, but it’s already one of the most popular job sites in the African region. What’s been the catalyst for such rapid growth?

If you are going to be huge in Africa, Nigeria must be a key part of your strategy. This is so true, 'Africa is the gun, Nigeria the trigger'. So by sheer market size, we are addressing a very large and interesting problem. Nigeria is a large country, large working population, and internationally growing. We are intense, focused, disciplined and I'm proud to say we have some of the best intellectual horsepower in this niche. The business got its legs early on because we focused on social media earlier, harder and faster than our rivals. We kept asking ourselves, "Where is our audience?", and social seemed to be the platform.

The Nigerian web space is crowded with a legion of job sites and recruitment boards. What’s your comparative advantage? What does Jobberman do differently from Njorku, or any other classified websites for jobs?

I often joke a lot with friends and associates, "There are more job sites than actual jobs." It sounds ridiculous but I think I've lost count of the number of new entrants since summer of 2009 when we launched. Highlights of our advantage: We’ve got more jobs than anyone else; jobs you won’t find anywhere else. We’ve paid relentless focus to quality listings, anti-spam and products that people generally want. Our product is one of the best in its class - edgy and intuitive - and we have consistently reported one of the highest engagements based on time spent and page views in this niche. We are spending heavily offline and online on marketing, and increased significantly our budget for research and product development to ensure we are the job site of choice for both employers and job seekers.

One significant thing we have done this year was to bring together the human resources community in Nigeria by hosting the first online recruiting conference in the country, Recruiting 2.0, providing insights and intelligence on online recruiting trends and facilitated by international speakers in the space.

FULL NAMES: Oluwaseun Osewa

DATE OF BIRTH: 17th July, 1982

OCCUPATION: Webmaster,Site Owner And Business Man

NET WORTH: Nairaland.com ranked to be worth $ 8,737,200.00 {N 1,602,839,340.00} by pageranker

MARITAL STATUS: Not Married

INTRODUCTION

Seun is an Ogun state born Programmer,Webmaster and business man, he’s the founder and owner of Nigeria and Africa’s largest online Forum NAIRALAND the website was the most visited Nigerian and African Site untill 2015 according to Alexa ranking. Seun is a very successful online entrepreneur and a very private person.

EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND

Seun Osewa was born and raised in Sango Ota Ogun State Nigeria. He grew up learning and knowing the technological part of life.
Seun osewa has been interested in the internet business since he has known what internet is and how to use it.
Seun enrolled as a student in the University Of Ile Ife to study electrical engineering in 1998 but he did not finish. No, he wasn’t rusticated. Too brilliant to be. Looks like he dropped out of the school to pursue his programming dream and here he is today.

Even though seun never mentioned the year he was introduced to the internet it is obvious the year should be between year 1999/2000 as the the full inspiration of coming into the internet business should be around 2002. And he finally crossed into the internet business in the year 2003.

CAREER AND LIFE
Seun started his internet career in the year 2003 after going into the webhosting business.
He had attempted to start a web hosting business, but after 3 months he could only boast of one customer, so he ran out of capital and the business died.
It would probably have succeeded if he had managed his capital more wisely or raised more money as he got many hosting requests he couldn’t satisfy later that year.
After that first failure, he was encouraged to get certifications and a regular job, but he couldn’t go back to that kind of path after tasting creative freedom, so he kept researching business ideas and presenting them to friends and family, but no capital was forthcoming to carry any of them out. He did this for less than 2 years.

(The last idea was a site for sending SMS messages. He picked up Python to implement it.)
Eventually, he decided to start a web forum, because it was the only idea that required no additional capital: he already had Internet access and a $15 per month VPS graciously paid for by a family friend. He created 3 forums in November 2003 (one for higher institution students, one for IT discussions, and one to cover the emerging GSM industry; the Mobile Nigeria Forum at MobileNigeria.com).
The Mobile Nigeria Forum took off, so he relaunched it in February 2005 with the assistance of Mr. John Sagai Adams, who posted a link to the forum on his mailing list and participated enthusiastically in those early days. Other mobile enthusiasts like Mr. Yomi Adegboye pitched in to make the site a success. In a month or so, the forum had about 300 members, but the growth potential didn’t satisfy him.

He decided to start Nairaland when he noticed two odd things about MobileNigeria:
(1) Despite its narrow focus, it was the only Nigerian community that gave a voice to Nigerians at home. Most other Nigerian sites were owned and dominated by Nigerians in the US or UK. They covered only issues of interests to Nigerians abroad.
(2) The off topic section of the forum, covering topics outside telecoms, like romance and jokes, was becoming more vibrant than the Mobile Nigeria Forum itself, suggesting the need for a more general-purpose Nigerian forum.
This gave him the confidence to take forums like Naijaryders and Talknaija head on by starting a general purpose discussion forum with a strong bias towards issues of interest to Nigerians at home. He felt that such a site could attract enough traffic to make enough money from Google adverts. That’s why he started the Nairaland Forum.

Seun’s initial plan was to be making upto 60k per month but it turned out as time goes on Nairaland got much higher traffic than expected making his income on Nairaland much more than expected.
As Nairaland grows seun had problems with spammers flooding the forum so he started getting helps from moderators he selected.
Seun got help in updating the forum’s frontpage and keeping it clean by moderators like Mukina2 a female mod who has been working with seun since 2007 and others.

As time goes on seun kept enjoying his money gotten from Google ads until year 2012 when Google removed his website because nairaland has too many sexual topics. Which made seun start selling his own ads space on nairaland just like other sites like facebook.com,linkedin.com and etc.
People say seun gets more income from selling these ads spaces than money gotten from Google but he never confirmed that.

In the year 2013 seun entered the Forbes list of best African successful entrepreneurs under 30. Which got him more huge reputation amid-st other co-webmasters in Africa.

Seun was said to be earning as much as 5-6million naira per month when he still works for Google ads but as at 2014 selling ads space was calculated to be generating him as much as 3-4million naira he never confirmed that though.
In 2011 seun was approached by a group of company who wants to buy nairaland for 1 million dollars which is 155million naira but he rejected the approach, and even nairaland’s estimated worth by a site ranker for the year 2011 was 512million naira making it the most expensive nigerian site.
Despite all these money seun whom is expected to be leaving in one huge mansion in estates like Banana island lagos only lives in his hometown sango ota ogun state a very close little city to lagos state.

Fame power, money we all love and seek to have. But as someone that knows Seun quite well -even if not physically yet, and may never – the guy just doesn’t appear to like the celebrity status. Some people use money to buy fame, Seun uses money to run away from it! There are people that will pay to meet Seun Osewa in person, but he has refused to show himself. With the largest African online forum under his control, more than half a million people that depend on his online website to make their day, Seun can easily wield power. But all those appear not to be his style. A case in point: when he was listed by the organizers of The Future Awards in the controversial “Nigeria’s 100 Best” list, which presented him with an opportunity to dine with the celebrities in Aso Rock (what some people will pay millions to get), it didn’t even freak the Ota-based geek. Rather, he sarcastically commented on my Facebook wall when I raised a criticism of the TFA list that, “oh, it’s a good list because I saw my name there”. Oh, he only saw his name there, he didn’t partake in anything – a free ticket to visit Aso rock but he never went. Such is Seun’s abhorrence for fame.

We shall conclude seun looks upto Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as they both have same attribute of seriousness in their field, facebbook founder wore just one tie throughout a whole year to show a sign of seriousness in making facebook a real big thing and so seun also used just one profile picture in all his online accounts including nairaland for over 2years in which he is till using as at 2014 to show a sign of seriousness in making nairaland much more huge.

Seun once aspired to be a movie producer but never was, may be he is going start in future.
Some people do think seun is a (born again christian) because of some of his gentle gentle pretense but he is totally not. It looks like he is a great fan of actress tonto dikeh has he get involved with posts related to her often on Nairaland.
He is also a great fan of a popular tv series GAME OF THRONES.

A few weeks ago, Forbes Africa released its 2017 list of 30 under 30, which translates to its 30 most promising entrepreneurs for 2017. Five young Nigerians made it into this year’s list.

Young Naija Entrepreneurs had a small chat with one of the fantastic five; Shakeela Tolasade Williams, the gorgeous and intelligent founder of Sade Hair, where she recounted how it all began and how she feels being where she is how right.

Q. Tell us about Sade Hair, how and when did it begin?
A. There is so much to say. We started initially in 2011, almost 7 years ago. I was just selling hair extensions to friends and family and it just grew from there. It didn’t really take off until I quit my job at a High Street Bank and decided to become full time self-employed; that’s when I really saw Sade Hair’s potential.

Q. You had a job at a bank but you quit, why? What gave you the boldness to do that?
A. If you know me as a person you would know that I cannot do anything I do not fully enjoy for too long, and I hate stagnancy. My career in banking was going nowhere fast and I knew I had so much more potential that only I could unlock. The initial support from my family definitely gave me the little extra boost; because they supported my dreams to achieve my best as soon as I had made the decision.

Q. What were your initial challenges starting up?
A. Strangely enough my initial challenge was self-belief. I needed to believe that I was capable of creating something so big from absolutely nothing despite some friends and family not always believing in me. Once I overcame this and proved to myself and others that I can do exactly what I put my mind to, they were all on board and everything began to fall into place.

Q. Nigeria is a big consumer of hair extensions, how do you plan to take advantage of this for your business?
A. The market in Nigeria is huge and one that I cannot wait to fully dive into. I am planning to open up stores over the next few years across Nigeria and I am currently looking for resellers that are interested in becoming partners of Sade Hair Ltd in Nigeria and across Africa.

Q. How does it feel to be listed on Forbes 30 under 30?
A. It’s truly a surreal experience, the support has been overwhelming. I am truly grateful to AncillarMangema for selecting me to be part of such an elite list; especially because I do not take the time to actually appreciate my achievements, I am constantly in work mode and never really take the time to just be thankful that my hard work and prayer is paying off!

As a part-time web developer, it is only to be expected that I know the big wigs in the game. Occasionally, my team and I visit other websites to draw inspiration. One name however that keeps jumping at us is CKDigital. For long we have admired and envied their craftsmanship.

So it was a thing of great joy to speak with the cerebral behind that powerful web designing company.



Your company is one of the best web development companies in the country, how did it all start? How did you get into web development; was it by chance or was it planned?

Getting into full-time business of web development was actually by chance. CKDigital started as a freelance ‘side’ business for me. I never really planned to go into business. My plan was to design websites on the side while still trying to get a ‘real job’.

Here’s what happened: During my final year at the University, I took a course on Web Design & Data Security. We were taught some basics but that’s when I realized Web Design was something I was passionate about. I could literally go a whole day without eating, as long as I was with my laptop, designing a website.

After NYSC, I enrolled in a 3-month internship program at a company and after that, worked part-time as a web designer at a church, while still designing websites part-time for friends and family.

After one year at the church, my side business had become quite profitable, as I was getting referred by satisfied clients to their own friends. I was also getting a reasonable number of leads and customers through Google. At this point, I quit my part-time job at the church to face my business full-time.



What was the source of your initial capital?

We started really small – basically from scratch. My laptop was the only equipment I needed to start. Our first office was a store at the back of my mom’s supermarket. Little by little, from the money we made from our clients, we continued to build the business.

You are a young man with an efficient company managing 18 employees, how do you do it? What is your secret managerial ingredient that helps you keep everything together?

That’s a pretty difficult question to answer. I can’t think of any secret managerial ingredient. I’m also not perfect yet; I just keep getting better and better. I have learned to generally treat people how I’d like to be treated, and also choose to believe the best in people. As a Christian, I depend on the Holy Spirit for guidance. This has helped tremendously.

I went through some of the websites that you build and manage, and there is always a uniqueness about each one. Where does the inspiration come from? How do you choose what design is best for what site?

Thanks for your comment concerning our work. Choosing the best design for a website is simple – we focus on the objectives of the client and the needs of the users. We are inspired by websites developed by other great web design agencies – some in Nigeria, many in other parts of the world.

We also strive to make sure we constantly outdo our past work by ensuring that members of the team make intentional efforts to improve themselves regularly.

What has been your single biggest challenge so far?

Challenges are part of business and life as a whole. We have had many challenges of different sizes and duration, but we are always determined to use them as stepping-stones, rise above them, and get better.

What drives you as an entrepreneur?

That would be the satisfaction that comes from helping businesses succeed through our work.

How has your business managed in recent times with regards to Nigeria’s recession? Have you had to lay off some of your employees?

I believe there’s always a way out. As a company, we have had to collaborate more as to re-strategize. We haven’t had to lay off any of our employees.

Would you be interested in an entrepreneurial organization that will bring together young Nigerian entrepreneurs to network, co-create and support each other?

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, 26 (Nigeria) Founder, Flutterwave
In 2016, Aboyeji left Andela, a talent accelerator that recruits and trains software developers and connects them with employers, to start Flutterwave, a provider of technology and infrastructure solutions for digital payments across Africa. The company processes over $760 million through 7.5 million transactions for merchants in partnership with financial institutions.

Muktar Onifade, 26 (Nigeria), Founder, VIZUVLGVDS


Muktar Onifade: General Motors Engineer Serves Street Swag

VIZUVLGVDS, (pronounced visual gods) is a fashion brand that focuses on contemporary African art. Onifade has released three collections since founding in 2013. All garments are handmade in his Lagos and Detroit studios. By day, Onifade is an engineer at General Motors.

Detroit Engineer Follows High Fashion Dreams 2:41

Muktar Onifade, 26, Detroit

GM Engineer, Fashion Designer

Some might argue that engineers and artists exist on opposite sides of the creative spectrum. But that couldn’t be further from the truth, at least not when it comes to Muktar Onifade, who is both a calibrations engineer for General Motors and a fashion streetwear fashion designer.

He usually starts his days at 4 a.m., splitting time between testing car engines for various standards and requirements and his studio, where he designs his minimalist, high-end brand, VIZUVLGVDS. The fashion collection combines Onifade’s technical, engineering precision with his Nigerian heritage.



ON HIS FASHION BRAND'S NAME My tribe is Yoruba. We have tribal gods that we all identify by. For my brand, I wanted a name that instantly catches attention, but has depth to it. GVDS: Gifted with Visual Diverse Skills. I wanted to speak to a generation of creative West African kids, who can be a lot more than engineers

chiagozien:
when your islamic terrorist request for grazing land in all part of the country,what was there intentions.

FKO81:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Emeagwali

Philip Emeagwali


Philip Emeagwali is a Nigerian computer scientist. He has been living in the United States for many years. An Igbo, he won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for performance in high-performance computing applications, in an oil reservoir modeling calculation using a novel mathematical formulation and implementation

Education

He traveled to the United States to study under a scholarship following completion of a correspondence course at the University of London. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Oregon State University in 1977. He later moved to Washington DC, receiving in 1986 a master's degree from George Washington University in ocean and marine engineering, and a second master's in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland. Next magazine claims that Emeagwali claimed to have further degrees.[6][7] During this time, he worked as a civil engineer at the Bureau of Land Reclamation in Wyoming.


Supercomputing

Emeagwali received the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize for an application of the CM-2 massively-parallel computer. The application used computational fluid dynamics for oil-reservoir modeling. He won in the "price/performance" category, with a performance figure of about 400 Mflops/$1M. The winner in the "performance" category, Mobil Research and Thinking Machines, used the CM-2 for seismic data processing and achieved the higher ratio of 500 Mflops/$1M. The judges decided on one award per entry.[3][2] His method involved each microprocessor communicating with six neighbours. Emeagwali's simulation was the first program to apply a pseudo-time approach to reservoir modeling.

Accolades
Price/performance – 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, IEEE [3]

Emeagwali was voted the "35th-greatest African (and greatest African scientist) of all time" in a survey by New African magazine.[9][citation needed]

His achievements were quoted in a speech by Bill Clinton as an example of what Nigerians could achieve when given the opportunity.[10][citation needed] He is also a frequent feature of Black History Month articles in the popular press.[

mightyhazell:
u suppose hide ur oblang head as them expose ur ignorance.

laudate:
Bankole Cardoso, son of the late Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh, the medical doctor who put herself in harm's way, in order to prevent the spread of Ebola. Everyone in this nation owes you a debt of gratitude. Continue to rest in peace, dear daughter of God!

Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh was the courageous doctor that restrained Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer who was infected with Ebola, and had flown in sick to Lagos from Monrovia in July 2014. He wanted to leave. Instead, Dr. Adadevoh and her team refused to let him go — if she had, he could have triggered a wide-scale epidemic in Lagos, a city of 20 million people. Instead, the outbreak was limited in Africa's most populous nation, and Nigeria was declared Ebola-free in October that year, by the World Health Organization.
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