Man, it must be hard to run an online business from Nigeria. Huge stigma and lots of the internet ip-ban it, won't ship equipment and gear there, banned or at least heavily scrutinized on many banking/payment sites... must be a hassle to deal with.
Impressive stuff. I wish they didn't use stock photos. No matter how nice the web design is, stock photos make it all feel "cheap". Please either take a camera and make your own photos, pay a professional photographer to make them for you or create a design that doesn't need photos.
Once again, avoid using cheap stock photos. (Same goes for avoiding using cheap production library music for videos on your site.)
What is more impressive is that they have an Open Source component/model to it. I hope this will show that #madeinNigeria can be good at times if not all the time :).
Uh ... I kind of interpreted the headline as saying that this was, somehow, a Nigerian (aka "419") scam. I guess it isn't, it really is an impressive startup, that just happens to be based in Nigeria? Cool.
I hope (for their sake) that not more people have the same unfortunate prejudice.
Not really, as there are surely equally impressive startups from countries like Egypt, Kenya and South Africa. The difference between this being the most impressive Nigerian startup the author has ever seen and it being the most impressive 'African' startup the author has ever seen is vast.
The stigma attached to anything Nigerian on the internet is unfortunate, but will hopefully fade in time. And one of the best ways to overcome that stigma is to continue presenting sites like this which showcase a positive Nigerian commercial online presence.
