Another reason is that Lagos
city and the entrepreneurial spirit it represents have become an enduring part
of Lagos lore. For instance, on a weekly basis, technologies startups with
innovative products and services are launched, but are constrained to remain in
the city no thanks to unavailability of bandwidth, frequent electric power
cuts, bad roads, unsavory tax systems, are among few factors in most parts of
the country.
The Managing Director of Lamudi
Nigeria, Mr. Ejomofo Obi, in a chat
with journalists, stated that most techpreneurs would wish to expand their
tentacles beyond Lagos but issues around infrastructural development had to be
addressed.
In his own words: “Techpreneurs are not mainly concerned with government
funding, rather they prefer a situation where the infrastructure is in place to
help drive growth.
Most startups
prefer to remain in Lagos, because this is where majority of the network
operators are. This is where you have relatively good road network to deliver
items, if you are into e-commerce. Now, as a technology company you need to
track your business, which calls for bandwidth.”
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