Silicon Valley Targets Africa As New Tech Frontier

in #tech • 6 years ago

Lagos is currently attracting interest of global technology giants to tap into its emerging market of young, talented and connected Africans. With its colorful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn't look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley.

But the NG_Hub office is in the suburb of Yaba -- the heart of Nigeria´s burgeoning tech scene that is attracting interest from global giants keen to tap into an emerging market of young, connected Africans.

Recently both Facebook and Google launched initiatives nearby.

This week, The Vice-President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo was in California to court US tech investors for what he said could herald a "fourth industrial revolution" back home.

Click here to see what he said.
https://manibenconnect.blogspot.com/2018/07/silicon-valley-targets-africa-as-new.html

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