Comments on: Open Collaboration, Sharing Mindset & Attitude in Nigeria

By: Nigeria: Who is Afraid of Enterprise 2.0

Nigeria: Who is Afraid of Enterprise 2.0 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:01:43 +0000

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By: creativescientist

creativescientist — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:14:48 +0000

I do agree with the overall theme of your post although I am happy to say that I think the coming generations are slowly phasing out this mentality. I am of the opinion that the only people who need fear competition are those that provide a sub-standard service *cough*microsoft*cough*. Once the focus shifts from solely making money to making consumers happy and/or improving/setting industry standards, competition ends up being harder for the other guy rather than for you. Glad to see that an endeavour such as BarCampAfrica is in existence. I would love to see something similar in the UK.

By: Oluseyi

Oluseyi — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:28:28 +0000

Unfortunate but true, Temi. However, the way for us to change it is for an entire collection of us to all thrive by collaborating and sharing freely.

I’ve been planning to circle around to talking to you about some concepts once I get them out of the development stage over here (if I can find enough time for it! I need more hours in the day…)

By: Sugabelly

Sugabelly — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 06:14:26 +0000

I agree. There IS a lot of envy in Nigeria, I think especially now with our generation being the first real wave of innovative entrepreneurs. I think people who are not as creative want to take other people’s ideas and efforts down just because they would have wanted the success for themselves. As for being backwards, I will acquiesce that we have a long way to go, but we are making progress in leaps and bounds; this cannot be denied. The Nigerians of our parents generation were content to simply get a good job and go work for someone else. WE are determined to own it. And that is a beacon of hope for any economy, particularly ours.

By: temi

temi — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:57:19 +0000

lol. im starting to feel “too out there”. i need to crawl back into my shell. will send u an email.

By: ayo

ayo — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:34:47 +0000

I just read your interview on StartupsNigeria. Then saw you on BarCamp page, hat tips bro for the godo work. Would like to drop some lines off-line, pls. let me know how. You have my email address. Cheers!

By: notjustok

notjustok — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:53:59 +0000

I concur, most Nigerians look out for self first, but like you said there are exceptions…
Up until recently only Dangote was allowed to import Sugar and cement into Naija…