Finally, we now have indications that BarCamp Nigeria 2009 will hold this January after we were skeptical due to the seemingly lack of updates and information about the proposed event.

Perhaps the most important gathering of thought-leaders in technology and leading edge technologists who are at the edge of shaping Africa’s largest internet market is set to take place in Lagos, Nigeria.

The first ever BarCamp in Nigeria has been scheduled to hold at the University of Lagos in Akoka, Yaba on 25 January 2009 as a way to bring people interested in technology, on a variety of levels and topics, together in one place for a day of sharing, learning, networking and brainstorming.

Barcamp Nigeria 2009 theme is: “It’s Time: Translating Technology Opportunities to Reality”.

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About a month ago, I announced that BarCampNigeria is planned for January 2009, but until now there seem to be no functional website, wiki page or even a twitter or blog page providing updates about the event.

Although, two domain names have been created, namely, www.barcampnigeria.org and www.barcampnigeria.com, these pages have no information about BarCampNigeria. Even the facebook group has not been experiencing the buzz it did when it was first created. And the wiki page was last edited about a month ago.

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This is a quick post to announce that there are ongoing plans to host the 1st BarCamp in Nigeria in January 2009.

BarCampNigeria is an ad-hoc gathering of passionate folks who want to share, interact and spread the love around what they spend their days and nights toiling away on. In participating in a BarCamp, here are some of TheRulesOfBarCamp.

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