The goal of the conference: To create the Framework for the possibility of a structured industry. No more, no less!

As you might have noticed, Nigeria’s blogosphere is very active and has shaped a lot of events offline, got international media attention and most importantly, turning bloggers to celebrity and millionaires! Those who attended were Nigeria’s top bloggers from various industries; from Startups, to trends analysis, internet marketing, Fashion, social entrepreneur and entertainment.

The conference was very engaging and enlightening as people shared their experiences in the industry, the average blogging years for the bloggers in the house were 3 years.

We had a bountiful tea breaks and mouth-watering buffet!

Conclusion

The participants agreed that there is a need for synergy amongst Nigerian bloggers to better structure the industry and improve quality of Nigerian publishing. One of the top issue agreed on, is the need to educate corporation about the workings of internet market and promotions.

A framework was agreed on (which am not at liberty to disclose now), name was chosen and continuous work will be done online via Skype and mailing list.

A big announce from Oluniyi is the yet to be launched Nigerian blog aggregator site, bloggers.com.ng. Sheriff (myself) also announce an ad-network(Segiri) in the work!

Gift and Raffle

MTN Nigeria, the sponsor gave away gifts to the participant including a Compaq Laptop and 2 modems won through draw (whew! I didn’t win). All participants also went home with a laptop bag each.

A bigger event is being planned probably later in the year or early next year.

Web4Africa.net

Founded by a top Africa blogger, Oluniyi David Ajao, a young Nigerian base in Accra, Ghana. He started the company in 2002 and since then it’s been in upward trajectory. This young man has also been profiled as one of the most influential Nigerians online here, and was present at the last barcamp Nigeria held in Lagos. Web4Africa operate both in Nigeria and Ghana serving its teeming customers across Africa and other continents.

web4africa.net has been  live for 7 years now and still competitive. I will group the company as a game changer  in the industry given their way of operation and means of payment.

Nairahost.com

Founded in 2004, by another young Nigerian based in Malaysia Kayode Muyibi popularly known as Kazey. In fact, Seun of Nairaland had to make a lot of public notice that he was not the owner or had any interest in Nairahost.com during the startup period. The site was recently rumored to have been acquired by Deolu Akinyemi of Generis Solution for $500,000, but when I got in touch with Deolu, his response was “No comment!” well am not sure he acquired it but with all indication he probably might have acquired it since he is the current CEO of the company. Both Deolu and Kazey were recently profiled as Most Influential Nigerians on the internet here.

Nairahost.com has been  live for 5 years now and still competitive. I will group the company as a game changer  in the industry given their way of operation and means of payment.

I will be reviewing more hosting companies in Nigeria next week. Keep it locked down here!

Sidmach Technologies

They developed Waeconline.org.ng, jamb.org.ng Nigeria‘s first online examination registration websites. I will say these projects opened a new chapter in the web industry in Nigeria!

Looking at Sidmach’s portfolio, they have more government related projects than Taviatech.

They have offices in Lagos, Abuja and Portharcourt.

Taviatech

“Tavia Technologies Limited is an experienced technology company offering Web, Wireless & Business Intelligence services. We have consistently provided first class services to our valued customers in the Telecommunication, Banking, Oil & Gas, Law Firms, Insurance, Real Estate, Non-Profit, Recreational, Manufacturing Industries and other sectors. “

Taviatech has been in the business for 10 years and have deployed high-end solutions including Interswitch e-payment system (website), MTN, Access Bank, FCMB, Starcomms portal and other great solutions. Their office is located at Motor ways centre in Ikeja, Lagos.

This is just the beginning as more companies will be featured here. We will also look at individual designers that are world-class from Nigeria.

Stay tuned!