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Drogbs:
Go ask El rufai and other notable non-Igbos who clearly admitted macro-economic/commercial Igbo dominance all over Nigeria; notably real estate and landed properties, of course I can post VERIFIABLE sources to these fact...maybe the likes of El rufai who stated that Igbos control a huge chunk of properties and inland estates in Abuja few years back knows something we don't know. Lots of Yorubas and Igbos do well both at home and at in diaspora, so no tribe is particularly outperforming the other if we are to go by hard facts and REALITY on ground, achievers abound everywhere! so celebrate yoruba greatness but don't drag Igbos into your slug fest di.cck measuring contest, cause I have literally can't see what Igbos have got to do with a thread that extols yoruba greatness...except the same Igbos are your perennial nightmares...which seems like the case to me.

raker300:
Gabriel chukwuma: Beverly Hills resort and hotels

107 MASTER TRAINERS EQUIPPED TO TRAIN 1000 FACILITATORS FOR CODELAGOS

The Lagos State Government moved a step closer towards realizing her goal of training 1 million Lagos residents to Code by 2019 with the CodeLagos Master Trainers’ Workshop that held earlier in the month.

The workshop which had 107 persons in attendance over a 3-day period of practical training was aimed at equipping them with the needed knowledge; skills and competence not only to understand the CodeLagos Coding Framework but to effectively impart the knowledge on others.

lionness:
excellent initiative. But gov Ambode can do way more than this...remember, we need things like this all over the state and not just in yaba alone

Igbos Most Industrious, Innovative and Richest Tribe In Nigeria see proof

Yesterday, the Herbert Macaulay Library (YouRead) was re-opened. The initiative by the Lagos State Government in collaboration with GTBank to revitalise the defunct library is laudable. The library, which was built in the 60’s was the pride of the Yaba community. In a conversation with the Librarian, Mr Taiwo Bogunjoko, this is what he had to say:


The 635 hub would be divided into two halves. One would contain the Code Lagos centre while the other would serve as a meeting room for events. The You Read library is an approved Code Lagos centre.

raker300:
I just found out even the Hausas have more companies than these Afonjas!

Yet Afonjas make the loudest noise!!!

Shame!!!!

raker300:
lol.

Just trying to console yourself.

Igbos are not your mate!!

Deal with it

SonofDevil:
please where is the picture of mazi osu-amadi the Igbo man that bought all the whole Lagos island and turned afonjas to tenants.

SonofDevil:
emzor again I have seen emzor more than 5times on this thread

SonofDevil:
lols agberos and drivers is also an innovation in igboland

[b] Tizeti, the company behind (wifi.com.ng), has just closed seed funding of $2.1 million from international investors including Western Technology Investment, Social Capital, Vy Capital, Picus Capital, Ace & Company, Lynett Capital Partners, Zeno Ventures and a number of angel investors including Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel and Gabriel Hammond.


Over the years, Tizeti has managed to keep prices relatively lower in comparison to established ISPs by replacing diesel with solar-powered base stations spread across Lagos. With the new capital injection, they look to scale up the service in Lagos, with 3000 new public hot-spots, as well as expand to the South-South region of Nigeria.

“Today’s seed announcement allows us to grow aggressively in the Nigerian market, and we will continue to invest in building out our own solar powered infrastructure, as well as refine and expand our consumer focused product that delivers reliable, cost-effective Wifi to potentially millions of Nigerians. We aim to ‘win Lagos’, with a view to expanding across the West African region over the next 18-24 months,” said Kendall Ananyi.[/b]

Bifwoli:
Most industrious black nation yet you import everything?

This thread is just rich in irony cuz intelligent societies don't have so much rotten systems, so much failures and so on...

Yesterday, the Herbert Macaulay Library (YouRead) was re-opened. The initiative by the Lagos State Government in collaboration with GTBank to revitalise the defunct library is laudable. The library, which was built in the 60’s was the pride of the Yaba community. In a conversation with the Librarian, Mr Taiwo Bogunjoko, this is what he had to say:


The 635 hub would be divided into two halves. One would contain the Code Lagos centre while the other would serve as a meeting room for events. The You Read library is an approved Code Lagos centre.

Lagos, a city of over 22 million people, is inevitably plagued by outrageous traffic jams. Beyond the tons of time and productivity being lost everyday on the mean streets of Lagos, businesses and lives are being lost too. But one man -Dele Odufuye – an his team have created a uniquely Nigerian technology solution to help Lagosians make smarter decisions about traffic.

Techpoint spent an afternoon chatting with Dele Odufuye about his foray into tech, the inspiration for Tsaboin Traffic Talk and the future of Big Data in Nigeria.



My name is Dele Odufuye. I am a graduate of Environmental Management and Toxicology, University of Agriculture Abeokuta. I started my company in 2005, right after I graduated from university. I was quite interested in my hobby, which is Information Technology, so I decided to pursue that rather than my academic degree. So as a profession, I am a Software Developer. I started out as a programmer working in a couple of organisations, while still an undergrad, before setting out to build my own company.

freshest4live:
Warri is a city owned collectively by ltsekiri, Urhobo, and ljaw.

CeterisXVII:
He is Itsekiri.

Damilola is the C.E.O/Creative director at Smids Animation Studios. She loves cartoons and producing them has always been her dreams. So for all the young ladies with dreams and aspirations, Damilola is an example, dreams do really come true.

RepairAm.com is an online gadget repair service which enables anyone to make repair orders online. It is a very simple idea as users/customer are required to go to the website and make a repair order for their faulty gadgets like laptops, desktops, smartphones and any mobile device. Once the person makes an order, which will have all the details we need, we pick up the device, fix and deliver back to the customer.

While Nigeria’s agriculture sector employs the majority of the population and has a large contribution towards GDP, its true potential has yet to be unlocked.

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) estimates that only half of the country’s 71 million hectares of arable land is being cultivated, with irrigation on just 7% of irrigable land. And over the years local food production has not been able to keep up with population growth, resulting in rising food imports and prices. In fact, recent statistics reveal that Nigeria is spending ₦1.3tr ($6.5bn) annually importing food.

Part of the challenge is at least 80% of the country’s food is being produced by small-scale and subsistence farmers, who struggle to increase production. Most live in poverty and do not have the finances to improve farming yields through mechanisation. As a result they are forced to cultivate the land by hand and battle to move beyond subsistence.

It was knowledge of this that prompted Nigerian automobile designer Olufemi Odeleye to spend nearly 10 years developing the prototype for a low-cost, multipurpose, mini tractor – created with the Nigerian, and African, small-scale farmer in mind. His invention, dubbed the Tryctor, has been adapted from the traditional motorcycle and caught the attention of the Nigerian government which is currently piloting the solution among farmers. And this year Odeleye and his Tryctor are up for the Innovation Prize for Africa.

Make do with what you have

Odeleye spent years working for the automotive industry in the UK before returning to Nigeria with the hope of using his skills to benefit his home country.

“I identified the need to contribute to the number one Millennium Development Goal – to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty. I studied automobile design in the UK and on my return to Nigeria I started looking for ways in which I could contribute.”

His grandfather had been a farmer and Odeleye knew that unlocking the country’s agricultural potential could play a key role in eradicating poverty and hunger. Then, in 2004, he got the idea for the Tryctor while sitting in Nigerian traffic and watching hundreds of motorcycles zigzag around vehicles.


“It has always been my design philosophy that you should use things you have at your disposal to solve problems. So I saw the motorbikes and I thought I should be able to use them to do something… When I got home I immediately put pen to paper and did some sketches and modified a motorbike and about a month later I made a prototype, which was basically the first of seven prototypes,” he explained.

“And that is how I started. I saw that opportunity; it came to me in a light-bulb moment.”

The final solution is a three-wheel mini-tractor with tyres suitable for farming and a 30-horsepower engine that can be used as a generator. Alterations to a motorbike’s chassis and gearing system means it operates similarly to a traditional tractor, and it comes with various farming implements – a disc plough, harrow and trailer – which can be attached to improve production, supply markets and ultimate increase revenue.

The Tryctor ploughing a field.
The Tryctor ploughing a field.
“A lot of crops go to waste – as much as 40% in some areas – and this is largely due to the fact that rural farmers don’t have access to the markets in nearby towns or storage facilities where they can take their grains to be stored for the next harvest,” explained Odeleye.

“The Tryctor can solve this because it comes with a trailer which can be attached to easily transport harvests from farms to storage facilities or nearby markets for sale.”

Furthermore, its engine can be used to power processing machines, such as those used for shelling maize, as well as irrigation pumps. “And it can also provide an alternative source of electricity so a farmer could always use it to power his home. It is a multipurpose tractor which brings value to the small-scale farmer in terms of increasing their income and improving their standards of living basically.”

Reducing costs

According to Odeleye, traditional tractors in the market are priced around ₦4m (about $20,000) – and that is without including the cost of necessary farming implements. On the other hand the Tryctor, together with the three implements, is currently priced at ₦1.9m ($9,500). Maintenance costs are also lower as around 60% of its parts can be locally sourced.

But Odeleye highlights that this is still unaffordable to the majority of smallholder farmers.

“Even if it costs $2,000, the reality is that in Africa you don’t really get smallholder farmers who can afford that.”

However, he sees potential in implementing a renting model through partnerships with agricultural equipment companies and other organisations.

“We are also targeting farming cooperatives that normally have better buying power than single farmers,” he added.

“The whole idea is farming cooperatives can come together, buy maybe two or five, and share them among their members. They can then also rent it out to other farmers to generate income. So those are the routes which we are looking at.”

In 2013 the Nigerian government financed the first 10 to be manufactured and started testing them in the market seven months ago. “We should be concluding the pilot programme by the end of this year and then we can begin fully commercialising it.”

So what is Odeleye’s advice to others looking to bring innovative solutions to the African market? Follow your passion, use the resources and skills you have, and always remember there is more than one way of doing things.

“Look around you. If you genuinely have a desire to help Africa, then look at things relating to your field… or areas you are able to contribute to. There is always an alternative way to doing things and it might end up being simpler, easier and cheaper than conventional ways. So as long as you have that mindset you will be able to innovate. And if you have passion, it will drive you through the whole, difficult process of bringing it to success

I have a huge stone to grind with mods, Your attitude of banning people's handle without pointing them to the specific rule violated and the specific erring post, makes all your operation to be shrouded in inequity, unfairness and abuse of office.

You banned dumaknesset and registered Knessetduma, how uncanny. If you don't address this murky administrative gragra riddled with injustice, your site will draw the Ire of your allies.


I say no more, I am deactivating this account also and I am done on nairaland for good and you will be surprised the number of people I might take with me.

As for the Igbos my job is done here, your lies and frauds have been exposed to the whole world, google was also copied.


Markfemi, laudate, oduastates, doemelo and other veterans, you guys deserve the iron cross. I am out.

mercyville:
They are a bunch of protruding mouths but no substance.All of a sudden their mouthed industries just disappeared. They do not even have up to 8% of the industries in the SW. They are a very lazy and deceitful tribe.

hilroy:


Igbos have run out of pictures to post, now they have started listing their brothers and sisters in diaspora. I am really ashamed for these guys.
95% of the products they have posted on this thread are fake and substandard products imported from Asia. These people will go to Alibaba, import bulk of substandard products and re-labeled them as if they are produced in Nnewi or Onitsha. What a shame! One of them even has the audacity to show a wine product, I asked him where in Igboland the vine grapes used to produce the wine was harvested, I'm still expecting his response.
They claim they control 80% of industries in Southwest, we ask them where the industries are, they turn blind, deaf and dumb.

raker300:
Company Name:;
OSYCHRIS INDUSTRIES NIGERIA LTD

Business Type:
Manufacturer, Agent, Distributor/Wholesaler

Main Products:
Zircon sand, Lead, Zinc, Iron ore, tantalite, copper, coal, limestone, columbite, manganese, Kaolin, Wolframite

Total No. Employees:
301 - 500 People

Legal Owner:
ISRAEL NWAGBO

Year Established:
1991

Total Annual Sales Volume:
Above US$100 Million

City:
Lagos Mainland
Province/State:
Lagos


This will be the last time I'll ever reply you cos I can see you're not alright upstairs

[b] Ayotunde Coker is a business executive with over 25 years’ experience in the ICT Industry. He has international experience across Europe, USA, Asia and Africa as a consultant at Cap Gemini with global blue chip organisations, such as, ABN Amro Bank, UBS, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Swiss Life and The Prudential. He held the position of Global Applications Director at BP the global oil and gas major, and prior to returning to Nigeria in 2009, was Chief Technology Officer for the United Kingdom Criminal Justice System, and CIO, UK Ministry of Justice. In 2007, he was Chair of the UK Enterprise IT Architecture Board. Since returning to Nigeria in 2009, Tunde was the Group CIO of Access Bank PLC where he played a key role in the bank’s transformation to a top tier bank in multiple countries in Africa, and has also served as the MD/CEO of Emerging Markets Payments, West Africa. He is a post graduate alumnus of Cranfield Institute of Technology, Fellow of the British Computer Society, Fellow of the Nigerian Institute For Government Research Leadership Technology, Honorary Senior Member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Credit Administration, and Member, UK Institute of Directors. He was voted as Nigeria IT Man of the Year 2016 at the Beacon of ICT awards. [/b]

Tunji Adegbesan is the Director of the Centre for Competitiveness & Strategy at the Lagos Business School, and the Founder of Gidi Mobile Ltd, makers of gidimo, Africa's first mobile learning platform.


[b]Dr Adetunji Adegbesan has a First Class Honours degree in Electronic Engineering, and a PhD in Strategic Management from the IESE Business School.

He is the Founder & CEO of Gidi Mobile Ltd; one of Nigeria’s fastest growing young firms, and the creators of gidimo, Africa’s first mobile learning and personal growth platform. gidimo (www.gidimo.com) is a pioneer in the mobile personal growth space, and was born of a desire to help young Africans to “learn, grow, and BE all that they can BE”.

With some 500m Africans below the age of 25, Gidimo is bringing cutting-edge mobile technology to addressing the knowledge gaps that must be bridged to create populations of optimistic, self-confident and self-driven young people.

Tunji is also one of Africa’s best-respected international scholars of competitive strategy. Prior to founding Gidi Mobile, he was Director of the Centre for Competitiveness & Strategy at the Lagos Business School, where he led sessions on Competitive Strategy, as well as on issues arising out of the intersection of Strategy, Technology, and Innovation. He is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Strategy Division of the global Academy of Management, as well as a past Global Representative for Africa of the Division.

He has also been a Representative-at-Large for the Competitive Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society, and a member of the Research and Strategic Planning Committee of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria.

An amateur historian, philosopher, and student of culture and geo-political affairs, Tunji is also a keen footballer, a strong swimmer, and an enthusiastic skier.[/b]

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