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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by PS712: 1:05pm On Dec 07, 2021
Proud of her for this great achievement.
A product of a great, warm, intelligent and goal driven family.
Her parents gave us as corps members free and furnished accommodation throughout our NYSC service year, even when none of us is Yoruba, I, my colleagues and our families remain eternally grateful to that family. We won't ever forget them and plan to return to that community, to immortalize Prof. (her dad) of blessed memory!

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Odidigboigbo(m): 1:07pm On Dec 07, 2021
Are they selling off the company or they are partnering? Can someone clarify this?
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by SolarEdge: 1:13pm On Dec 07, 2021
Nice, I'll be the next person to acquire it
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by CSTRR: 1:18pm On Dec 07, 2021
Jesus, this is sad.

We are losing companies that should be our Future.

Why are developed countries wealthy?

Because of the strength of their Private sectors.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Zooposki(f): 1:18pm On Dec 07, 2021
Terrier99:


What have you done for Africa beyond lamenting and showing your dirty teeth

Akabuking:
You are not wise.

SMH. Black man.
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by InoGetJoy: 1:24pm On Dec 07, 2021
Bobloco:


Yeah, you are right. That tells us that Africa, Nigeria really have enormous potential, bad leadership is just the problem
The major problem we have in Africa is our leadership, but we seem to keep making the mistake of electing bad leaders. I wish in 2023 we'll elect a good man irrespective of his tribe
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by sulaak(m): 1:33pm On Dec 07, 2021
alizma:
Every country want to have space in Africa

Except Africans
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by CSTRR: 1:36pm On Dec 07, 2021
Akabuking:
You are not wise.
You are the unwise one here.

We are selling the Nigerian future for peanuts.

There is nothing to be be proud about here.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by CSTRR: 1:38pm On Dec 07, 2021
All that hard-work she has done over the years is worth only $300m?

For a company that could potentially yield billions in the future.

SMH.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by olas24u(f): 1:40pm On Dec 07, 2021
Terrier99:


What have you done for Africa beyond lamenting and showing your dirty teeth

The Nigerian government should have supported that company instead of selling it.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by olas24u(f): 1:41pm On Dec 07, 2021
Zooposki:




SMH. Black man.

The Chinese wont sell such

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Vireani79: 1:43pm On Dec 07, 2021
Zooposki:
Africans selling themselves to the west. SMH for the weak Black man.

What will u have dem do
U don't have the money to expand.
Won't u get it from the devil if u must
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Onyiiobi7735(m): 1:51pm On Dec 07, 2021
Bobloco:


Yeah, you are right. That tells us that Africa, Nigeria really have enormous potential, bad leadership is just the problem
On point.
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Onyiiobi7735(m): 1:52pm On Dec 07, 2021
Nigeria shall be great again.
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by BigBashiru: 1:53pm On Dec 07, 2021
alizma:
Every country want to have space in Africa

yet the Africans dont value their own continent.....
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by slimfit1(m): 1:54pm On Dec 07, 2021
Now that the police have made arrest if any of your kids look like any of these kids it's time to pick and drop him of yourself before Nigerian police do exchange what they can do has no limits.
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by GenAbacha(m): 1:55pm On Dec 07, 2021
After years of being in operation, they’re selling for $320m?

MainOne literally sells internet bandwidth to all ISPs in Nigeria and I think some in Ghana and they’re valued at $320m? Nawa. They should have just done an ipo

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by advanceDNA: 1:55pm On Dec 07, 2021
Zooposki:
Africans selling themselves to the west. SMH for the weak Black man.

Guy...320 million dollars is not a bad sale...
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by GenAbacha(m): 1:56pm On Dec 07, 2021
CSTRR:
All that hard-work she has done over the years is worth only $300m?

For a company that could potentially yield billions in the future.

SMH.

Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Likeeee?

I already commented before I found yours sef. So I wasn’t the only one thinking this
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by BigBashiru: 1:56pm On Dec 07, 2021
Odidigboigbo:
Are they selling off the company or they are partnering? Can someone clarify this?

It has been sold. That means it is now a US Company.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Terrier99: 1:58pm On Dec 07, 2021
Zooposki:

SMH. Black man.

STFU slave
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by BigBashiru: 1:58pm On Dec 07, 2021
CSTRR:

You are the unwise one here.

We are selling the Nigerian future for peanuts.

There is nothing to be be proud about here.

absolutely nothing to be proud about. Paystack sold and now MainOne sold.... this acquisition ought to have been blocked by the federal government....

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by BigBashiru: 2:00pm On Dec 07, 2021
GenAbacha:
After years of being in operation, they’re selling for $320m?

MainOne literally sells internet bandwidth to all ISPs in Nigeria and I think some in Ghana and they’re valued at $320m? Nawa. They should have just done an ipo

An IPO in Nigeria would have been much better. selling such a strategic company to the US capital system is not a good idea.....

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by GenAbacha(m): 2:04pm On Dec 07, 2021
BigBashiru:


An IPO in Nigeria would have been much better. selling such a strategic company to the US capital system is not a good idea.....

Shey you get?


Or they should have raised vc funds first. Shoot their valuation up and then sell.

The valuation they sold at is just appalling.
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by KayCee92(m): 2:06pm On Dec 07, 2021
alizma:
Every country want to have space in Africa


But Africa don't want to have space in Africa grin grin
Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Bashir75: 2:11pm On Dec 07, 2021
g7conet:


source


NIGERIA, AS AN ENTERPRISE NATION, SHOULD BE BUYING AND CONTROLLING A HIGH STAKE IN MAIN-ONE. THE COMPANY IS NOT JUST A MERE DATA COLLECTOR SUCH AS FACEBOOK, TWITTER, OR INSTAGRAM. THE COMPANY IS A STRATEGIC DATA CENTER THAT WAREHOUSED OUR NATIONAL DATA. IT’S CONNECTED TO OUR BANKS, TELECOMS, IMMIGRATION, SECURITY AGENCIES, NATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS, MINISTRIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT.

THE AMERICAN COMPANY KNEW WELL WHAT THEY WERE BUYING, A NATIONAL ASSET. IN THE AGE OF TAMPERING AND CYBER INSECURITIES, NIGERIA GOVT SHOULD BE BUYING THIS COMPANY FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC PURPOSES, ESPECIALLY ITS CONNECTION TO WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES. I KNOW WELL PRIVATE COMPANY WANTS TO CASH-OUT AND MAKE MORE MONEY FOR OTHER BUSINESS VENTURES, BUT DATA WILL NOT ONLY BE CURRENCIES OF THE FUTURE BUT A TARGET OF WAR-FARE TO CRUMBLE ENEMIES SECURITY- INFRASTRUCTURES.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Zooposki(f): 2:15pm On Dec 07, 2021
Vireani79:


What will u have dem do
U don't have the money to expand.
Won't u get it from the devil if u must

advanceDNA:


Guy...320 million dollars is not a bad sale...

SMH. Black man.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Zooposki(f): 2:16pm On Dec 07, 2021
Bashir75:



NIGERIA, AS AN ENTERPRISE NATION, SHOULD BE BUYING AND CONTROLLING A HIGH STAKE IN MAIN-ONE. THE COMPANY IS NOT JUST A MERE DATA COLLECTOR SUCH AS FACEBOOK, TWITTER, OR INSTAGRAM. THE COMPANY IS A STRATEGIC DATA CENTER THAT WAREHOUSED OUR NATIONAL DATA. IT’S CONNECTED TO OUR BANKS, TELECOMS, IMMIGRATION, SECURITY AGENCIES, NATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS, MINISTRIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT.

THE AMERICAN COMPANY KNEW WELL WHAT THEY WERE BUYING, A NATIONAL ASSET. IN THE AGE OF TAMPERING AND CYBER INSECURITIES, NIGERIA GOVT SHOULD BE BUYING THIS COMPANY FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC PURPOSES, ESPECIALLY ITS CONNECTION TO WEST AFRICA COUNTRIES. I KNOW WELL PRIVATE COMPANY WANTS TO CASH-OUT AND MAKE MORE MONEY FOR OTHER BUSINESS VENTURES, BUT DATA WILL NOT ONLY BE CURRENCIES OF THE FUTURE BUT A TARGET OF WAR-FARE TO CRUMBLE ENEMIES SECURITY- INFRASTRUCTURES.

Tell them.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by adelaja70(m): 2:17pm On Dec 07, 2021
PS712:
Proud of her for this great achievement.
A product of a great, warm, intelligent and goal driven family.
Her parents gave us as corps members free and furnished accommodation throughout our NYSC service year, even when none of us is Yoruba, I, my colleagues and our families remain eternally grateful to that family. We won't ever forget them and plan to return to that community, to immortalize
Prof. (her dad) of blessed memory!
That's Yorubas for you.. Great Tribe.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by Odidigboigbo(m): 2:20pm On Dec 07, 2021
BigBashiru:


It has been sold. That means it is now a US Company.
Hmm, why do Nigerians like fast money? The company is doing great, it's one of the best (if not the best) ICT companies in Nigeria. Every young graduate in Nigeria wish to work in the Company. I hope this will not affect their current staff, I have about three of my guys working there.

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by BigBashiru: 2:22pm On Dec 07, 2021
GenAbacha:


Shey you get?

Or they should have raised vc funds first. Shoot their valuation up and then sell.

The valuation they sold at is just appalling.

Because of the submarine cables they own, such a company should not even have been sold...

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Re: Funke Opeke’s Mainone To Be Acquired For $320mn By US Giant Equinix by seunmsg(m): 2:23pm On Dec 07, 2021
CSTRR:
Jesus, this is sad.

We are losing companies that should be our Future.

Why are developed countries wealthy?

Because of the strength of their Private sectors.

We are not losing anything as the company will remain a Nigerian company with foreign and local shareholders just like other multinationals operating in Nigeria. The partnership will lead to massive expansion of the company and more returns for the owners. This is the kind of foreign direct investment that we need in Nigeria.

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