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computer village ikaja is acclaimed west Africa largest technology market and host some of the best brain you can find anywere in the world.....from the entrance to the last small business owner you will see creativety and vibrant Africans ready to take Africa and the world if the right tools and appropriate environment is provided..

this technology market is located in the capital of lagos state Nigeria and host millions of people daily buying and selling all forms of technological tools and it also host some offices of the world biggest mobile phone brands...like Nokia, Samsung and tecno mobile, infinx and including Nigeria biggest mobile phone store Slot. this Nigeria silicon valley also have its own story.

taking a walk through this over crowded tech market what came to my mind is silicon valley; but the difference here is in silicon vailly ideals get founded and here ideals get killed; don't ask me why I believe you know the obvious reasons.in all of this what i  keep asking my self is what make the difference.? why do technology get developed in silicon valley and it can be copied and decoded in computer village? why can't we get seed and startup founds,and what is the role of government in all this; this question keep coming to my mind and still unanswered.

after some hours in this west Africa technology powers house I began to wonder why as the government delepretly chose to ignore an industry like this that can empower over 1 million youth in a single unite  but opt to transfer technology that will enable Nigeria  produce toothpick by 2018 hmm funny you think but true, and it's not totally a bad ideal because it's a shame we still import toothpick in 2017.

I will be completely wrong to lay blame on the side of the government without talking about the pravate sector because in silicon valley government don't found ideals but pravate company and individuals do. the role of the government is to provide the enable environment which computer village dont have and allow investors and developer's to have a playing feed to grow on. it's more easer to get a telecommunications company to sponsor a musical show than to found app developer's or set aside start up in my country. this so called big four telecommunications company only sponsor entertainment show.

http://www.afriteche.com/2017/03/the-silicon-valley-world-nothing-about.html

Wow...I stand with you op but first we need security against those ones who exchange our i-phones and other good phones when it's being given out to be fixed with fufu padded techno

You can say computer village and Alaba is the China/Japan of Nigeria -
Silicon Valley is more like Yaba

you are right but I believe computer village is something else when it come to technology tools and repairs in Nigeria

Donald3d:
You can say computer village and Alaba is the China/Japan of Nigeria -
Silicon Valley is more like Yaba

Comparing madness and chaos with Silicon Valley. You should wait until you visit Silicon Valley California before you start making your comparison. Nigerians and our big mouth and assumption.

Comparing the dead and the living.