naijaking1:


Why is Bunmi not the minister instead of that old, dirty, and nasty looking man, whatever his name

There is a difference between the minister of Communication and ICT which is an agency under the ministry of communications.


No, he should not be the minister of communications wasting his skill sets on other irrelevant communications issues, we need him to specifically head and focus on the ICT agency and use his skill sets to run and grow our ICT.


He is exactly where he needs to be..

aresa:




We are talking about $155 billion electronic transactions and some Kenya loving joker is talking about some Kenya village $30 million rubbish..


This is what you get when some self hating people hate their own country so much that they think insignificant and far behind countries are better than their own country...


What a shame

We are taking about mobile money network within a country and you are bragging about how Nigeria has become PayPal’s 3rd largest mobile e-commerce market with transactions of $819 million expected in 2016.....Money going out of the economy not coming in o and you think that is development?

Why is Paypal not allowing Nigerians to receive funds through their platform without some bothering themselves using VPNs?! Why won't the Naira loose value even to the "small Kenya's shilling" as one million Kenyan shillings which used to exchange for N1.9m now exchanges for N4.2m!

Look for those in the IT sector and ask them where it is easier to deploy.

OBAGADAFFI:


From your link.

When a developer is accepted into Andela, he or she is relocated to the company’s offices in Lagos or Nairobi, and is trained in a specific technology stack. After six months, participants are then placed with tech company clients which have included Microsoft, IBM, the Muse, and Udacity.

It's a known fact that most of our developers don't work for indigenous companies.
That's Brian drain for you.

That's why most of our technologies are not adopted locally.

Just looking at e-commerce, more than 90% of consumers prefer Pay on Delivery.

See how you just fall hand eve after reading the same link....


1. Andela was co founded by a Nigerian and not Kenyans (Andela, founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Jeremy Johnson)


2. Andela is based in Nigeria and not Kenya even though they have an office in Kenya. (Andela, the Lagos-based company that trains and deploys software developers, is closing a $24 million Series B round—with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative )

3. Of what relevance is what you prefer or don't prefer meaningless argument when in fact Nigeria generate the largest e commerce transaction in Africa with larger $ volume than the entire GDP of many countries in Africa? What a lame argument



So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that Andela was founded by a Nigerian and not Kenyan


So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that Andela is based in Lagos and not Kenya


So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that that Zuckerberg's $24 million investment was given to Lagos based Andela founded by a Nigerian and not Kenyan.


So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that that Andela's branch office in kenya is just a branch office, but Andela is still a Nigerian company based in Lagos Nigeria, your own country?


With all the above and with a company founded by a Nigerian and your own countryman and the fact that Zuckerberg's first ICT dollar investment in Africa went to Nigeria, your own country and a company founded by a Nigerian, you still think Kenya is better than your own country?


You see how, shameful, shallow, unpatriotic and self hating you people are?

naijaking1:


Why is Bunmi not the minister instead of that old, dirty, and nasty looking man, whatever his name

Na part of the thing way heat up the thread o. Bunmi works under the Baba Minister the OP was comparing the youngie Kenyan minister that ICT falls under his ministry!

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Pavore9:


We are taking about mobile money network within a country and you are bragging about how Nigeria has become PayPal’s 3rd largest mobile e-commerce market with transactions of $819 million expected in 2016.....Money going out of the economy not coming in o and you think that is development?

Why is Paypal not allowing Nigerians to receive funds through their platform without some bothering themselves using VPNs?! Why won't the Naira loose value even to the "small Kenya's shilling" as one million Kenyan shillings which used to exchange for N1.9m now exchanges for N4.2m!

Look for those in the IT sector and ask them where it is easier to deploy.

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I was expecting you to show us the documented facts, figures and links to back up your kenya sims with and not the same bait and switch irrelevant rubbish..


Never lie or post rubbish you can not back up with facts..

China To Invest $15bn In Nigeria's ICT


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Adebayo Shittu, the minister of communications, disclosed this at a two-day Nigerian communications sector retreat which ended over the weekend in Ibadan, Oyo state. He said: “I just led an industry delegation to China and after discussions with the investment community and unveiling investment potential in the Nigerian ICT industry, the Chinese investors have decided to come to Nigeria to invest about $15 billion into our ICT sector.

https://www.naij.com/707068-read-much-china-set-invest-nigeria.html

And some losers are talking about kenya....what a load of unpatriotic nonsense..

EchoVC to Invest $ 50 Million on Various Projects across Nigeria



After several successful investments in Nigeria in the previous year, EchoVC a company with exquisite seed and early stage technology has decided to invest $ 50 million in other start-ups in the country.

Technology giant EchoVC is targeting to inject $ 50 million in funds from entrepreneurs, angel investors, federal government, and business developers among other contributors. The firm main objective is to invest in the intersection of media, consumer, data technology, commerce, and mobile devices via networked knowledge and shared expertise. EchoVC targets equity related, early stage technology and equity investments in Nigeria before moving to greater pan-African region

Kenya ko, kenyata ni....Rubbish..

MTN PLANS N143B NETWORK UPGRADE IN NIGERIA

16th June 2016





In a document released recently, MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola, was quoted as saying: “In Nigeria, the revolution in the ICT sector has provided well over $32 billion in foreign direct investment over the last 15 years. As part of that ICT ecosystem and guided by our recognition of the boundless potential of our great nation within the digital economy, MTN has invested over $16 billion (over N3 trillion) to date in fixed assets and facilities nationwide to build the most expansive network in the country.”

Oyagbola said that Nigeria’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) continues to attract foreign investments and unleash further world of opportunities for the economy.

http://unicpress.com/2016/06/16/mtn-plans-n143b-network-upgrade-nigeria/

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Kenya ko, Kenyata ni..

Orange Invests $85 Million Into Africa Internet Group


Orange, A French telecommunications company, is poised to invest into Africa Internet Group a whopping sum of $85 million(75 million euros), a Nigerian ICT e-commerce group which automatically makes them a shareholder in the company as disclosed by both companies on Tuesday.

The e-commerce group (AIG), has as its shareholders-South African telecom giant MTN, Goldman Sachs and Germany’s Rocket Internet. The company founded in 2012 in Nigeria.

https://techup.ng/start-ups/orange-invest-85-africa-nigeria-ict-internet-group/

Kenya ko, Kenyata ni..

Well you have a point op but ask yourself are youths of today in Nigeria equal to the task with the mindset most of us have. When you listen to some you will shake your head and cry.

ICT: Venture Garden Nigeria Gets U.S.$20 Million ICT Infrastructure Fund



Convergence Partners have announced an investment of $20million by the Convergence Partners Communications Infrastructure Fund (CPCIF) for a strategic, minority stake in Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN), a diversified fintech company with significant operations in Nigeria.


http://sustainableconvos.com/?p=10507

Just look at ICT money flowing into Nigeria left and right...


Kenya ko, Kenyata ni..

Pavore9:


Na part of the thing way heat up the thread o. Bunmi works under the Baba Minister the OP was comparing the youngie Kenyan minister that ICT falls under his ministry!

Hi bro i sent you a mail,lets talk about somting you mention here please, check your mail box.thanks

Pavore9:


I work in Nairobi and still comfortable with my Nigerian passport. You think Nigeria deploy IT more than Kenya?.....Let us work with facts not sentiments!

Answer the following questions.

1. Can you in Nigeria receive International money transfer such as Moneygram, WesternUnion, Worldremit etc into your phone number that is not linked to any bank account?

2. Can you in Nigeria go to a nearby kiosk and top up your phone line with money and use a visa card that is exclusive to your phone number, go online and shop on Amazon, buy flight tickets, pay Skype subscription etc?

3. Can you go to a nearby shop on your street to go and cash money sent from anywhere in the world without visiting a bank?

4. Can you go to a nearby shop on your street with your ATM Card and use the Shop's POS to withdrawal money from your account or can also deposit money into your bank account or someone's own?

5. Can you use a Nokia 3310 to send money to the phone number of someone in the rural area and the person walks not less than 2 mins to cash the money?

6. Can someone anywhere in the world send you money straight to your phone number, then you go to a nearby shop to buy groceries and you pay the owner by sending the total amount to the shop's code?

7. Do you use your Glo, MTN, Airtel or Etisalat line to pay for services such as Uber Taxi, that is also in Nigeria?

8. Can farmers in Nigeria who owns greenhouses use a phone as basic as Nokia 3310 wherever he/she is in Nigeria to control the temperature of their greenhouses or schedule when crops will be watered?

9. Why do IT giants prefer their regional base in Nairobi as against Lagos or Abuja?

I am Patriotic but facts are sacred!

On your observations regarding Mobile money, It's always better to have a clear understanding before criticizing. Most of those items are possible in Kenya because the mobile money service there is led by telecommunication companies and not banks. The last administration in Nigeria restricted mobile money services to banks and forbade telcos from taking the lead role. Banks can't be at the forefront of ICT hence the slow growth. It has nothing to do with the looks of the Ministers, in fact it's even the current Minister that seems more interested in unravelling the mobile money conundrum.

Convergence Partners Invests $20 million in a Nigerian Fintech Firm.


The Convergence Partner has injected new equity capital of $20 million of Convergence Partners Communications Infrastructure Fund (CPCIF) for a minority stake in a Nigerian Fintech Firm, Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN). This was announced by Convergence Partners which recently opened an office in Lagos to establish its local presence in Nigeria.

CPCIF that recently closed with more than $200m is the largest fund provided only for information and communication technology (ICT) in Africa. Recently, it has provided capital for investment in all aspects of ICT, for better access to technology and broadband services.

http://newsofnigeria.com/convergence-partners-invests-20-million-in-a-nigerian-fintech-firm/

Kenya ko, Kenyata ni...

aresa:
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I was expecting you to show us the documented facts, figures and links to back up your kenya sims with and not the same bait and switch irrelevant rubbish..


Never lie or post rubbish you can not back up with facts..

Cancelling out the post of another reflects infantility, an indication that in the outside world you can not deal with dissenting views!

Back to the matter.

I posted how ICT is being deployed in the Agric sector to help small holder farmers increase yield and market,l was expecting you to show how our farmers are being helped by IT Start ups to gain the same but rather you were busy boasting how Nigerians have become Paypal's 3rd highest spender as if it is an achievement! Why dollar no go pass the N400 mark.

If Mobile money was a resounding success in Nigeria, why did the Facebook boss had to go Kenya to feel how it works, abi l lie about this one?


Why does Kenya lead the world in mobile money? (Mind you The Economist is not a gossip nor a propaganda blog )

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-18

Ten Days in Kenya With No Cash, Only a Phone

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-05/safaricoms-m-pesa-turns-kenya-into-a-mobile-payment-paradise

Kenya’s mobile money story and the runaway success of M-Pesa

http://www.orfonline.org/expert-speaks/kenyas-mobile-money-story-and-the-runaway-success-of-m-pesa/

Africa's mobile money makes its way to Europe with M-Pesa (Na CNN report this one, I no cook am up )

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/20/tech/mobile/tomorrow-transformed-m-pesa-mobile-payments/

Kenya's mobile wallet tech expands to Eastern Europe

http://fortune.com/2014/05/09/kenyas-mobile-wallet-tech-expands-to-eastern-europe/

pheliciti:


On your observations regarding Mobile money, It's always better to have a clear understanding before criticizing. Most of those items are possible in Kenya because the mobile money service there is led by telecommunication companies and not banks. The last administration in Nigeria restricted mobile money services to banks and forbade telcos from taking the lead role. Banks can't be at the forefront of ICT hence the slow growth. It has nothing to do with the looks of the Ministers, in fact it's even the current Minister that seems more interested in unravelling the mobile money conundrum.

Well said..

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Pavore9:


Cancelling out the post of another reflects infantility, an indication that in the outside world you can not deal with dissenting views!

Back to the matter.

I posted how ICT is being deployed in the Agric sector to help small holder farmers increase yield and market,l was expecting you to show our farmers are being helped by IT Start ups to gain the same but rather you were busy boasting how Nigerians have become Paypal's 3rd highest spender as if it is an achievement! Why dollar no go pass the N400 mark.

If Mobile money was a resounding success in Nigeria, why did the Facebook boss had to go Kenya to feel how it works, abi l lie about this one?


Why does Kenya lead the world in mobile money? (Mind you The Economist is not a gossip nor a propaganda blog )

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-18

Ten Days in Kenya With No Cash, Only a Phone

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-05/safaricoms-m-pesa-turns-kenya-into-a-mobile-payment-paradise

Kenya’s mobile money story and the runaway success of M-Pesa

http://www.orfonline.org/expert-speaks/kenyas-mobile-money-story-and-the-runaway-success-of-m-pesa/

Africa's mobile money makes its way to Europe with M-Pesa (Na CNN report this one, I no cook am up )

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/20/tech/mobile/tomorrow-transformed-m-pesa-mobile-payments/

Kenya's mobile wallet tech expands to Eastern Europe

http://fortune.com/2014/05/09/kenyas-mobile-wallet-tech-expands-to-eastern-europe/

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I've moved past your boring nonsense..

aresa:
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I've moved past your boring nonsense..

I gave you the links you thought did not exist, it now becomes nonsense.

No matter how Nigeria form boss, it can not outrun Kenyans in marathons and no matter how Kenya wan form reach, it can not surpass Nigeria's landmass or population! Everybody get where im carry first!

Do have a nice life!

You also have the superiority complex as u think u r superior to ur fellow African. This is what kills you.

aresa:



ICT is a department run by other people within the ministry of communication.

ICT in Nigeria ia very larger and more dominant in sub Africa. We have more ICT entrepreneurs with great innovations than kenya many times over.

We larger online presence than any country in AFRICA.


We are doing better in ICT than the countries you are puting ahead of your own country regardless the age and looks of any minister.

Facebook founder recognised this and invested tens of millions of dollars in our ICT.

He spent several days in Nigeria but just one day in Kenya and he's back in Nigeria again for more ICT events and leadership meetings.

Our ICT is better so we have more competent people than they do in Kenya..

Thinking other people are better than you because of looks and what they wear is inferiority complex and lack of love and pride for your own country.


If you think kenya is better than your own country, why not just renounce your nigerian citizenship and move to kenya.

aresa:




See how you just fall hand eve after reading the same link....


1. Andela was co founded by a Nigerian and not Kenyans (Andela, founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Jeremy Johnson)


2. Andela is based in Nigeria and not Kenya even though they have an office in Kenya. (Andela, the Lagos-based company that trains and deploys software developers, is closing a $24 million Series B round—with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative )

3. Of what relevance is what you prefer or don't prefer meaningless argument when in fact generate the largest e commerce transaction in Africa with larger $ volume than the entire GDP of many countries in Africa? What a lame argument



So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that Andela was founded by a Nigerian and not Kenyan


So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that Andela is based in Lagos and not Kenya


So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that that Zuckerberg's $24 million investment was given to Lagos based Andela founded by a Nigerian and not Kenyan.


So, you read the link, but you still did not comprehend that that Andela's branch office in kenya is just a branch office, but Andela is still a Nigerian company based in Lagos Nigeria, your own country?


With all the above and with a company founded by a Nigerian and your own countryman and the fact that Zuckerberg's first ICT dollar investment in Africa went to Nigeria, your own country and a company founded by a Nigerian, you still think Kenya is better than your own country?


You see how, shameful, shallow, unpatriotic and self hating you people are?

I see you suddenly became a patriot within the last one year.

If you want to argue, do it without emotions.


Andela is a tech training and recruitment company .

About Us
Andela extends engineering teams with world-class software developers. We recruit the most talented developers on the African continent, shape them into technical leaders, and place them as full-time distributed team members with companies that range from Microsoft and IBM to dozens of high-growth startups. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV (Google Ventures) and Spark Capital, Andela is building the next generation of global technology leaders.

https://andela.com/about-us


It has office both in Nigeria and Kenya

There are Only Two Nigerians are on the team.

https://andela.com/about-us/meet-the-team


The so called funds coming to Andela is for both Kenya and Nigeria, with plans for other countries in Africa.


These is a technology and not a political discussion.

aresa:




And some losers are talking about kenya....what a load of unpatriotic nonsense..

Tsk! There is noting to be patriotic about.

This nation has failed us all

Silkmoth33:
You also have the superiority complex as u think u r superior to ur fellow African. This is what kills you.

Just ignore him.
The guy knows nothing about technology.
He is Nairaland Political Jobber.

His sudden love for Nigeria within one year, is all Political.

When did mobile money become the sole definition of a nation's technological prowess?

usbcable:


where did you infer that this is minister of ICT? that is if there is even one.

What's the work of ministry of communication ?
Ode ni.

Pavore9:
"Joseph Mucheru MBS, is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary (Minister) in the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology. He is a former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead based in the Google Nairobi office. He was Google's first Sub-Saharan Africa employee and was key to setting up of Google's presence in Africa from 2007"................The difference is clear!

While his Nigerian counterpart is a lawyer.
What does he know about the dynamic ict in the century and can he cope with the changes there of?

This government just compensated their cronies with appointment.

AsoRockz01:


While his Nigerian counterpart is a lawyer.
What does he know about the dynamic ict in the century and can he cope with the changes there of?

This government just compensated their cronies with appointment.

Truth be told, that position should be for a tested IT Pro not for political patronage.

Pavore9:


Truth be told, that position should be for a tested IT Pro not for political patronage.

But that is what we got from this government. How I wish you watched the ministerial screening of this yoruba herbalist ,you will know it's quite political patronage.

Luckylife:
The difference is clear! One looks like native doctor while other look 21 century inclined .

chai u wan kill person ? Babalao for aso rock ? Haba naaa wel is tru thou

AsoRockz01:


What's the work of ministry of communication ?
Ode ni.

some of you cannot just talk without insults?
and you expect a respectful response to the insult you just posted.

usbcable:


some of you cannot just talk without insults?
and you expect a respectful response to the insult you just posted.

I am sorry bros. Please forgive and forget .

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Pavore9:



I gave you the links you thought did not exist, it now becomes nonsense.

No matter how Nigeria form boss, it can not outrun Kenyans in marathons and no matter how Kenya wan form reach, it can not surpass Nigeria's landmass or population! Everybody get where im carry first!

Do have a nice life!

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1. You ignorantly lied that the minister of communication is in charge of our ICT and you also follishly supported the ignorant op regarding that fact and I proved you all wrong by posting the profile and picture of the person in charge of Nigeria's ICT

2.. I've posted article by TechCabal stating that Nigeria is the place to be when it comes to ICT and not Kenya. The article also says Kenya ICT businesses are not successful.

3. Your only claim to Kenya's ICT is some silly sim money nonsense that means nothing since Nigeria is still the largest e-commerce country in Nigeria..


4. We are number 1 in entertainment

5. We have IROK online entertainment platform which is the NETFLIX of Africa and the largest movie and video streaming platform in Africa

6. We have Jobberman which is the largest JOB recruitment platform in Africa

7. We have the largest online shopping platforms in Africa

8. Nigeria commands the largest ICT investments in Africa

9. Facebook founder and CEO's first investment $24 million in Africa went to Andela, a Nigeria ICT company and not Kenya

10. Again, all you keep spewing is the same kenya sim card money rubbish and nothing more...



Get lost abeg...

AsoRockz01:


I am sorry bros. Please forgive and forget .

nowahala.

actually he later pointed me to the fact that Shittu is saddled with ICT in Nigeria.

I was wrong