The Federal Government on Wednesday said that Twitter has agreed to open its office in Nigeria in 2022.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made this known after briefing State House correspondents at the end of the virtual Federal Executive Council, FEC.

He explained that the federal government’s engagement with Twitter has been extremely positive without any acrimony.

The Minister said ”We have made it clear what we want from Twitter. The end for amicable resolution is very much in sight.

‘We appreciate the patience of Nigerians. I want to assure you that we have made very tremendous progress. We have met with Twitter both physically and in writing. We are actually almost there.

“They (Twitter) have shown a lot of flexibility, the conversation has not been acrimonious.”

Mohammed added that although there are about three to four areas the two were yet to reach an agreement, Twitter has agreed to open office in the country in 2022.

joyandfaith:
It is only a stupid person that would believe lai mohammed

Introduction


Nigeria’s ICT (information and communication technologies) sector has grown from less than 1 percent of GDP in 2001 to almost 10 percent of GDP today (OC&C Consulting, 2018).

Nigeria has also surpassed South Africa to emerge as a premier investment destination with 55 active tech hubs raising a total of US$ 94.9 million, while South Africa raised US$60.0 million with 59 active start-ups (Usman, Choi, & Dutz, 2019).

The country is also Africa’s biggest technology market and accounts for 23 percent of internet users in Africa with 122 million people online in December 2018 (Internet World Stats, 2019). It also has the largest number of telecommunications subscribers, with a tele-density figure of almost 90 percent (Nigerian Communications Commission, 2019). The growth of the tech sector offers new possibilities for Nigeria’s growing labor force, in terms of employment and entrepreneurship.

JEWELofHELL:


https://dailypost.ng/2021/08/11/twitter-bows-to-nigerian-govt-agrees-to-open-office-in-nigeria/

SmartPolician:
This means that Twitter is really making a lot of money from its Nigerian users.

Congratulations, Nigerians, because new jobs are about to be created.

This government was smart after all. I hope they won't gag the microblogging platform or minimize what Nigerians can do online.

vedaxcool:
Just here to read the comments of inferiority complex wannabe Jews

OneTemplate:



I personally think it is only a stupid person that will make this about Lai Mohammed and not about Nigeria and her real asset worth most distracted and BBN-focused young Nigerians are ignorant of.

Some Nigerians, based on their personal perspective, love to think Nigeria is worthless and of no use to anything or anyone. Crass, self-limiting and self-destructive ignorance.

Nigeria host the biggest consumer market in Africa and one of the most profitable internet penetration and usage rate in Africa along with being Africa's biggest tech market.

Go and think about those figures and what they may mean for firms like Twitter, and others like them, before you start speaking out of blind hate for Nigeria and her leaders like Buhari, lai Mohammed etal. You should look at the figures and logically think whether Twitter can really afford to ignore or alienate her Nigerian market and users.

Any young Nigerian who continues to see personalities like Buhari and Lai Mohammed, mere mortals who will live and die, rather than focus on ideas that will outlive us all, will never be one of life's clued-on winners like Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Gates etc.

https://www.cgdev.org/reader/new-economy-africa-opportunities-nigerias-emerging-technology-sector?page=0

joyandfaith:


See my signature

SlyDev:

They like worshipping anything white, seems colonialism have not left them

OneTemplate:


Lol. What for? What can I learn from ignorant empty barrels who only know to throw insults about? You should see my signature to educate yourself.

SlyDev:

They like worshipping anything white, seems colonialism have not left them

BirtherOfKings:
they have finally come to their senses. Number 1 in Africa wen it comes to social media is who they are treating with kid gloves..claiming insecurity..even two plots of land is enough to build ur office and Nigerian hires incase anyone wants to kidnap