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Nigeria’s Web 2.0 Industry is still in it’s developmental stage with just a few individuals, companies and organisations developing new products and services using the Web 2.0 technologies. This blog would be analysing these new and existing startups, tech products and services that are being developed in Nigeria through the Open Source and other Web applications.

The Web 2.0 market place has changed the way businesses are conducted around the world especially in terms of new web site design patterns and business models. According to Tim O’Reilly, the guy widely credited for coining the term Web 2.0:

Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.

Many companies have adopted this business revolution and others are joining the revolution. In Africa, some companies are already benefiting from Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, social bookmarking sites, social networking sites, etc South Africa, for example is a leading investor in the Web 2.0 industry and several web appplications, blogs, startups, etc have been developed as a result of this new web space.

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It is hoped that, in the nearest future, the Nigeria’s Web 2.0 industry would expand and attract global companies to invest in Nigeria’s online businesses.

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