I have always thought to myself, how hard will it be to come up with genuine ideas for marketable IT solutions/services targeted towards the Nigerian market (against the present and future). Eventhough, one can consider borrowing from existing ideas (e.g eBay, CareerBuilders, Amazon, Paypal etc) and implementing them in the Nigerian system,

It seems to me like these days it's a lot harder to come up such completely new ideas


-- does anyone have any take on this?

an idea has to be unique - thats why it is an idea - u dont have to borrow - think of a solution u want to provide, think if it is already being provided, if not, then create a solution around what is lacking, make sure your solution uses a universally accepted tool - the computer and the internet technologies. Think man, think.

see what we created at: www.ceaser-web.com

Something like google maps.

Okay, the navigational/mapping site is cool, but you "hit the nail on the head" - "like google map" - so it's not an entirely new idea, but certainly a new mapping technology for Nigeria, Great stuff though