Two Nigerian technology startups, Insidify,
a kind of ‘Google for Jobs’ with peerless job
meta-search engine with deep social media
integration, as well as MyMusic, looking to
disrupt the music distribution
industry, have been selected from
thousands around the world to join some
of the world’s leading early stage
technology companies at the Web Summit
in Dublin, Ireland this October.
Here, they’ll be given the opportunity to
pitch to, and meet, some of the world’s
leading executives and CEOs from Facebook,
Cisco, Box, AOL, Paypal, Kaspersky and
Microsoft alongside leading ventures capital
firms like Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins,
Andreessen Horowitz, NEA and others.
International influencers like Robert Scoble
& Tony Hawk will also be at the event in
addition to media from the Wall Street
Journal, Financial Times, New York Times
and more.
Companies from over 80 countries will be
exhibiting at the Web Summit, alongside
some of the world’s most internationally
renowned investors, entrepreneurs, and
global media. As to how Insidify and
MyMusic made the cut, it was for their
outstanding potential not just in Nigeria,
but internationally.
Paddy Cosgrave, founder of the Web
Summit, said: “We’re delighted to have
these two great young technology
companies from Nigeria joining us for the
Web Summit this October. The quality of the
participants is a real testament to how
much the ecosystem in Nigeria has evolved
over the past few years.“
While Jobberma is King in the job-startups
arena and most recent attempt to go social
by teaming up with Eskimi, Insidify is
Africa’s 1st with social at the core of its
operations of helping to solve the problem
of unemployment in Nigeria with world
class technology. The site combines job
aggregation with professional social
networking, aggregating jobs from several
Nigerian jobs sites and company career
pages so job seekers can access all Nigerian
job openings from one place. Insidify then
connects these jobs with individuals and
employers on a social platform, for
networking collaboration and recruitment.
MyMusic on the other hand, although yet to
launch, is an online entertainment venture
aimed at solving the problem of music
distribution in Nigeria and also substantially
reducing piracy – a big issue in the
industry. As to how this works, we’d find
out at the Web Summit.
We will be bringing your a live coverage of
the Web Summit as Nubi Kay’ will be on
ground, October 30 & 31, to cover every
piece of the action with live tweets via
@OTEKBITS as well as daily recaps and
interesting breaking news.

Web Summit is Europe’s largest technology
conference. This year, over 8,000
participants from across the world will join
the global event on the 30th and 31st of
October. Many of the world’s leading
entrepreneurs, investors, and technology
executives will be speaking at and
attending this year’s event. For more
information and details, visit:
websummit.net