We recently wrote about our President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan joining Facebook to engage Nigerian youth. He has consistently used the platform to communicate with fans on the page and it went from 2,ooo fans at our last writing to a whopping 100,000 today.

With just about 11 comments posted by the president, he got the following comments and likes;

That is an average of 1,946 comments and 2,117 likes on each comments. The post is driven mostly of praise singers but more aggressive people are joining the page and asking the president serious questions like the proposed 10billion for the Nigeria at 50 Anniversary and electoral reform.

Any impact so far?

On monday the president announced to  rescind his decision to suspend super eagles from international competition qouting some of the comments on the facebook page as the reason for taking the decision. Should we say the president is connecting perfectly with the people? Only time will tell!

During the time of writing this article… another 156 has joined the president’s page making it 100,156!

What is you view so far about the presidents Facebook presence?

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The top sites

I’m still looking for that site that will effectively take on Nairaland on the number one spot; if you have that brilliant idea and you “sure” it can challenge its dominance, bring it on!

Nairaland.com remains at the number one spot, while punchng.com is sitting tight on the second spot for 5 consecutive months now! Vanguardngr.com has regained the 3^rd spot after been overtaken by gtbank.com, thisdayonline.com and sunnewsonline.com. Moving up 1 spot and followed closely by gtbank.com which also moved 2 spots up.

Thisdayonline.com dropped 2 spots to stay on the 5^th spot while nigeriagalleria.com moved up two places to stay on the 6^th spot.

On the top ten, when you see sites going up in ranking definitely some should be losing out so is the case of 234next.com; it is the biggest casualty in the top ten cadre, losing 4 places.

This month we also have a new entrant to the top ten, unilag.edu.ng; it moved a whopping 15 places to stay on the ten spot displacing nigerianbestforum.com.

Top Ten drop outs

Nigerianbestforum.com  and ngrguardiannews.com are the two drop out from the top ten list this month. Taking a look at our historical ranking, no site has held the spot for 2 consecutive months in the last 6 months, it either move up or drop out.

The Movers

1. Taafoo.com  +42
2. careersnigeria.com  +39
3. jobcentrenigeria.com +29
4. hotnigerianjobs.com  +20
5. fourpointcl.com +19

The Shakers

1. iqrabooks.com.ng  -19
2. multilinks.com -13
3. zenithbank.com -13
4. naijaecash.com -12
5. completesportsnigeria.com  -9

The Drop outs

1. osundefender.org -37
2. unilorin.edu.ng  -31
3. Buyright.biz -31
4. smsbag.com -30
5. JambOnline.org  -29
6. huhuonline.com  -20
7. Bellanaija.com -22

The Debutants

1. txtoweb.com
2. fourpointcl.com
3. gamen11.com

Overall, we have couple of sites still making the top 50, this we believe is a sign of consistency. A very disturbing concern remains the fact that news sites still make up 60% of the top ten most visited Nigerian sites.

The performance of the super eagles in the ongoing world cup did tell on some sites (fansconnectonline.com and completesports.com) as the competition was very instrumental in their rise consequently it is also instrumental in their continuous downward trend.

Above all, an upbeat still remains in the Nigerian internet market… We are currently compiling the report for half year trends in Nigerian Internet Market our Web Trends Magazine will be out this week. Consumers are still hungry for that one site that will CHANGE the game… do you have that idea? Launch out!

Note: Our analysis on this page only review the top fifty Nigerian sites, to view the complete table (about top 100) click here.

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As usual, Nairaland.com remains on the top spot! In fact am looking for the Nigerian site that will displace Nairaland. It’s been consistent for the past 5 years. Punchng.com that was a contender last year, lost it due to its ill-informed strategy. After the decision was reverted, it has found very difficult to give Nairaland a fight! Punchng.com sits comfortably on the second spot. Thisdayonline.com also maintained the 3^rd spot while vanguardngr.com moved two places to the 4^th spot. 234next.com also moved 2 places to the 5^th spot while gtbank.com drop another 1 spot having drop 1 last month, dropping another this month is a sign something could be wrong, aren’t people orange friendly again? The biggest casualty on the top-ten is naijahotjobs.com which dropped 5 places and eventually dropped out of the top-ten. Nigeriagalleria.com, ngrguardiannews.com and nigerianbestforum.com are on the 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th spots respectively. Nigeriagalleria.com, made it to the top ten this month with a staggering, 3 places move to push naijahotjobs.com out of the top ten!

View this month’s table here.

Top Ten

1. nairaland.com
2. punchng.com
3. thisdayonline.com
4. vanguardngr.com
5. 234next.com
6. gtbank.com
7. sunnewsonline.com
8. nigeriagalleria.com
9. ngrguardiannews.com
10. nigerianbestforum.com

The Movers

• fansconnectonline.com  +61
• unilag.edu.ng  +31
• compassnews.net +26
• newsstarng.com +25
• naijaecash.com and huhuonline.com +22

The Shakers

• Jambonline.org  -24
• Buyright.biz  -22
• naijapals.com  -15
• zenithbank.com and bbnsms.com -12
• osundefender.org  -9

Debutants

Couple of sites found their ways into the top-fifty sites in April.

• fansconnectonline.com
• completesportsnigeria.com
• newsstarng.com
• clicksng.com
• acn.aero

The Trends

It is sure football season as the hype towards this year’s Fifa world cup has taken hold of the internet. Two of our debutant sites are football related sites, while one break into the top twenty slots.

The Nigerian tech scene is waxing strong, Barcamp Nigeria was held last month and was super successful. This weekend, Alternative 2.0 will be held to channel Nigerian youths energy towards positive online ideals.

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The fund is said “… will be used for the expansion of the company’s network, enhance its working capital and increase its operational capacity.”

The placement comprises of 1,520,000,000 ordinary shares of N1.00 each at N1.05 per share. This means that with about N55,000 you can participate.

Remember, this is a private place and not IPO. It’s usually opened to institutional investors and not the general public. If you are one, why not request for info here.

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Growth in South Africa has saturation point while Egypt, Tunisia and morocco are all fast rising.  Egypt added the highest number of users (392680) between February and now followed by Morocco (345, 380), Tunisia 309,920 and Nigeria, 155,480. Egypt added almost as much users the total number of Ghana, Facebook users.

Egypt is very far ahead of the pack, leading South Africa with more than 500,000 users and penetration still at 23.5%, it sure can increase the gap in months to come. South Africa’s increments in just 2% as oppose 21% or Morocco and Tunisia and 13% of both Egypt and Nigeria.

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Demography

Spending on Facebook

As Facebook continues its search for profitability, it has to selectively choose which African country to focus on. Apparently, South Africa is a country of choice given the technology advancement in the country. Though Egypt and other African countries have considerable user base, but if they are unable to affect Facebook bottom-line, I think will be a huge liability to the company.

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Nairaland.com still on top, while punch continues pushing hard after nairaland.com. The most significant move this month is Gtbank.com that intelligently used social media to connect with its customers.

Both nairaland.com and punchng.com remains flat in their respecting positions 1 and 2. Gtbank.com is on the third spot moving 4 places. Vanguardngr.com lost another 1 spot to drop to 4th place. Sunnewsonline.com, thisdayonline.com and 234next.com are on the 5, 6, and 7 place as both thisdayonline.com and 234next.com dropping 2 places. Ngrguardiannews.com, nigeriagallery.com and naijahostjobs.com also made the top-ten.

You can view the full table here for the current and historical ranking. This review covered the top fifty.

The Movers

The Shakers

Drop offs

• Buyright.biz
• ngcareers.com
• webtrendsng.com
• sturvs.com
• nigeriamasterweb.com
• multilinks.com
• ican-ngr.com
• txtoweb.com

Note: Our ranking is based on Alexa Internet ranking system. We select Nigerian sites from the bunch to arrive at our ranking. This review is based on the top fifty Nigerian sites that we ranked.

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Sunnewsonline.com dropped just 1 place as gtbank.com leads the banking industry on the 7^th spot. Ngrguardiannews.com gained just a spot while nigeriagalleria.com shed the most places in the top-ten losing 6^th points. Nigerianbestforum.com remains on the 10^th spot as it as last month.

You can view the full table here for the current and historical ranking. This review covered the top fifty.

Top Ten

1. nairaland.com
2. punchng.com
3. vanguardngr.com
4. thisdayonline.com
5. 234next.com
6. sunnewsonline.com
7. gtbank.com
8. ngrguardiannews.com
9. nigeriagalleria.com
10. nigerianbestforum.com

The Mover

Let’s look at the top movers for February;

• Technologytimesng.com 32
• Ican-ngr.com 26
• Sompassnews.net 22
• Independentngonline.com 20
• Smsbag.com 19
• Nigeriamasterweb.com 18

The Shakers

These sites could not keep-up with the heat, so they shed points;

• Jambutme.com 14
• Buyright.biz 9
• Jobberman.com 8
• bbnplace.com 7
• naijahotjobs.com, nigeriagalleria.com  6

The most significant shaker for month is nairalist.com

Debutants

It’s lovely to see that Nigerian web industry is active and adding many more sites daily. A total of 3 sites debuted on our ranking list. etisalat.com.ng topped the list having been able to break into the top-forty.

• Etisalat.com.ng
• Nigerianelitesforum.com
• Multilinks.com

Drop outs

These sites eventually dropped out of our top-fifty Nigerian sites;

• platgroupng.com
• arikair.com
• Bellanaija.com
• 50kobo.com
• flyaero.com
• nigerianscomplain.com
• nairalist.com

The Nigerian web industry is waking up as more startups are being launched from Nigerians at home and in Diaspora. News sites still dominate the top-ten site as more local contents are still needed to water the appetite of Nigerian internet users. I hope the events lined up for this year will help address these needs.

Note: Our ranking is based on Alexa Internet ranking system. We select Nigerian sites from the bunch to arrive at our ranking. This review is based on the top fifty Nigerian sites that we ranked.

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I last reviewed Facebook Users across (Selected) African countries in August here. Another look at the users’ increment is outlined below. Let’s first take a look at Nigeria’s Facebook Users;

Total: 901,840
Male:577,580
Female:313,560
18 and above:866,960
25 and above:519,460

The total users’ of 901,840 represents a total of 27% or 244,480 new users from last review (August). The gender structure shows a sharp difference from male and female as the Male users edge the Female counterpart with 577,580 and 313,560 respectively. If you say Facebook is not yet for kids in Nigeria, you are quite far from being wrong as a whopping 866,960 or 96% are above 18 years of age. Also a look into the adult usage shows that Facebook is widely used among working class Nigerians above the age of 25; representing 57% of the total Facebook users from Nigeria. I look forward to seeing Nigerians on Facebook crossing the 1 Million mark by the end of the year.

Across Africa, Nigeria is placed fourth among top countries with Facebook users. Nigeria comes behind Morocco which is the third and South Africa being the first and seconded by Egypt. South Africa added more users than any other African country with as much as 422,200 or 18% followed by Egypt with 342,760 or 16% then Nigeria 244,480 or 27%. Morocco added 222,540 or 21%, Tunisia 198,900 or 22%, Kenya added 128,320 or 25% lastly Ghana with 82,280 or 29%.

Facebook usage is wildly popular in South Africa with more than half (50.4%) of Internet Users in South Africa represented on Facebook. Tunisia followed with 45% of its Internet Users registered with Facebook, then Ghana 29%, Egypt 17%, Kenya 15.2%, Morocco 10.2%, and Nigeria 8.2%.

November

August Compare to November

Looking at how Facebook is growing outside of the US, there is room for growth amongst the countries under review. Facebook has already reached the mainstream in the US and other developed countries. In South Africa, Facebook growth has been phenomenon as it as it is reaching the mainstream gradually.

What is your prediction towards Facebook adoption in Nigeria and other African countries?

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Movers

Our top movers for the month is Naijaloft.com, which moved 21 places follow by Informationnigeria.org (19 places) and gtbplc.com 18 places.

Shakers

Site that dropped most places from the ranking table; 9jabook.com 12 places, independentngonline.com 8 places, and nigeriamasterweb.com 7 places. This shows that most didn’t drop too much compare to how much the movers moved.

Top ten

It is quite encouraging to see how things have changed in the last 30 days, in the top-ten last month we had 60% of the sites from the news sub-sector, but things have changed slightly this month. Gtbplc.com made the top-ten after a long spell off the circle, spending the last five months wandering up and down the table.

As usual, nairaland.com remains the no. 1 site in Nigeria but this time around followed by vanguardngr.com which replaces sunnewsonline.com that now stands on the 4^th spot. nigeriagalleria.com arrived on the top five last month and now stamping its authority by moving 2 places to the 3^rd spot, its first time ever on this spot. ngrguardiannews.com dropped a point to stand on the 5^th spot.

naijahotjobs.com failed to lift a leg from last month’s spot remaining on the 6^th spot, what’s happening to the top job hunting forum? thisdayonline.com, 234next.com both remained on the same spot they were last month, this shows steady but no increasing site hits for these two sites.

Gtbplc.com is one of our top mover for this month, climbing 18 spots to the 9^th spot as nigerianbestforum.com stands on the 10^th spot with 3 places move up the table.

Top twenty

There is no much upset from this list as most of the sites here last month also made the list excerpt for goodlife.com.ng that dropped from the top-ten to 11^th place. punchng.com continued its journey downward by dropping yet another 2 points to now stand on the 13^th spot. tribune.com.ng and nairalist.com dropped 5 places to stand on the 14^th and 19^th spots respectively as Saharareporters.com sealed the 20^th spot.

Top Thirty

Naijaecash.com is leading on the 21^st spot having gained 5 places, followed by Naijaloft.com which moved a whopping 21 places to stamp its presence on our list, currently stands on the 22 spot. Thepmnews.com retains the 30^th spot for the second time in a row as Informationnigeria.org moved 19 places to stay on the 29^th spot. Thenationonlineng.net , osundefender.org are the last newspaper websites; maintaining 25^th, 26^th and 27^th spots respectively. They seem to be the least traffic news website in Nigeria. And finally, nigeriamasterweb.com dropped 7 places to stay on 28^th spot.

Top Forty

This section has 3 debutants (internetmarketingnigeria.com, nigerianbulletin.com , smartbuyng.com) on our ranking table. It also features two Nigerian social networking sites; naijapals.com and 9jabook.com. Cscsnigerialtd.com is now at 31^st followed by arikair.com on the 32^nd. Unilorin.edu.ng (I was with the Tech guys at Unilorin earlier in the week, this is massive students registration going on, which pumped the ranking up) also made the list, standing on the 34^th spot. smartbuyng.com (36^th place) has witnessed a significant growth and displacing a top ecommerce site, buyright.biz.

Top Fifty

This list contains 2 telecoms companies’ sites, 2 banks and the central bank.  A debutant (smsdam.com 41 spot) tops the list, followed by zain.com which dropped a place. Firstbanknigeria.com, intercontinentalbankplc.com and cenbank.org maintain 43^rd, 44^th and 45^th spots respectively.

Buyright.biz has witnessed a downward trend in recent months and now stands at the 46^th spot. Etisalat.com.ng have been enjoying good reception since they started business in Nigeria in 2008, and with their recent product launch, they are surely making waves.

Nigerian sites are gaining momentum, as more sites are beginning to challenge the dominant news websites for attention more site are also being launched. This trend is expected grow bigger next year.

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