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Number 2:VERY FEW LOCATIONS

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I saw a very limited location available while going through the website. Currently, Airbnb only operates in Lagos and Abuja (I’m not very sure yet) and from what I saw, the available apartments are all in the high-class areas of Lekki, VGC, Ikeja, Ikoyi, Magodo, Victoria Island and so on. So if you want to stay you only have those limited options.

Number 3: SECURITY CHALLENGES

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Probably the worst challenge of them all. Looking at the high crime rate in the country, many people are afraid of listing their homes on the service. Mainly because they’re completely scared of bringing total strangers into their homes. Despite the company verifying the guests. There are still numerous bad incidents going on between hosts and guests of Airbnb all over the world. You don’t know if the person is a kidnapper, armed robber, yahoo boy, ritualist, rapist, murderer etc. This has made people stay avoid service in Nigeria.

Number 4:STRICTLY NOT A BUSINESS FOR THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN

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Looking at the pictures of tastefully furnished apartments on display on the website. You’ll know that Airbnb is not a business an average man in Nigeria can venture into. Where will he get the money for expensive furniture, electronics, air conditions, carpets, duvets and so on to meet the standard? Where will he get money to rent and furnish apartments in Ikoyi, Lekki, Victoria Island, VGC and so on? To venture into this business you must be comfortable already in order to get this kind of apartment? The reason Uber is successful is that it made it such that average people can participate with their own affordable cars.

Number 5:LACK OF AWARENESS

Remember I started this article complaining of how many Nigerians don’t even know the service even exists in the first place. There’s no form of awareness. No effective marketing programs going on to let the people know of this new service in town. For every 100 persons in Nigeria who know about Uber. Only 10 of them know about Airbnb and only 5 knows that they’re in Nigeria. That’s pretty bad.

SOURCE:https://techcapon.com/problems-with-airbnb-in-nigeria-and-why-the-service-is-not-as-popular-as-uber/

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