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Tuesday 9 July 2013

25 year old Nigerian wants $1 Billion Google buyout

Nigerian entrepreneur is positioning himself to be acquired by Google, after the company recently bought a traffic based app, Waze, for a whopping $1 billion dollars

Today, Traffix.ng launches a social traffic report for Lagos .Users can receive traffic alerts by “following specific Lagos streets, in the same way you follow people on twitter.”

Users can also update fellow commuters on the traffic in their areas.
at 7/09/2013 08:07:00 am

51 comments:

  1. Ezekiel I Mcbernards9 July 2013 at 08:24

    Hmmmmm.......dis is mouthful...men I gotta start thinking hard

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    1. too~kno9 July 2013 at 10:02

      Boy ! Take a chill pill n fine tone on ur project to make it somewhat extraordinary!.. they ' ll come for an offer if need be.

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  2. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 08:38

    Interesting...

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  3. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 08:40

    isnt this what @giddi_traffic does on twitter? abi is he the 25yrs old nigerian?

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    1. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 15:31

      Possibly, it shld even b him @gidi_traffic
      •Estraano lala

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  4. Anjorin9 July 2013 at 08:46

    Wow! That's a lot of Money though.. May God Help him acquire his mission...
    Click Here To Date a Millionaire In Nigeria Today

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  5. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 08:48

    Cool idea....with every problem comes an opportunity

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  6. Shepherd9 July 2013 at 08:51

    $1b is nothing compared to what Google would make from that deal. Corporate America is very greedy...nice work young man,just make sure you have got a patent right for your work. And to those who think it is only through music that one can make it,well its high time you had a rethink...its a shame that 7 out of every 10 black guy you come across in America is an aspiring rapper,I'm sure the statistics won't be any different in Nigeria. GO TO SCHOOL KIDS,no record label would ever give you a $1b!

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    1. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 10:58

      First time in ages I'm seeing a very smartly put together comment on LIB.
      Linda quantity isn't quality. The quality of comments on your blog are quite low. Its better to have 50 qllity comments than 500 dumb and childish comments.
      Think about it.

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    2. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 11:36

      Sure. Being educated still yields a lot of cash. All the musical equipments, SW and app used were made by educated people. So anyone that deceives himself with the education doesn't pay talk is a joker.

      --Teeteelahyo--

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    3. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 12:16

      Bill Gate was a drop-out, though. Nigerians and callous words.

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  7. vivian9 July 2013 at 08:51

    first to comment........

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  8. BONARIO NNAGS9 July 2013 at 08:58

    May his dream come true,amen.

    ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA3310

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  9. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 09:15

    Lovely innovation.
    ~D great anonymous!

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  10. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 09:31

    May God bless your hustle!

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  11. Don baba E9 July 2013 at 09:37

    lmao...why would google buy his app for $1billion when they have already done that with the "waze" which does the same thing and which u already stated in the article.Nigerians are just copy copy...linda just fooled everyone with the caption "25 year Nigerian wants $1 Billion Dollar Google buyout" just for pageviews

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  12. pretty T9 July 2013 at 10:21

    lol. isnt there always traffic in lag??? like ALWAYS

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  13. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 10:54

    Wow. Not bad. I wonder they can really sell the company for, for one Facebook would be more interested as google already bought waze

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  14. Kachi9 July 2013 at 11:03

    hmm...linda is that TRUE?

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  15. Tonnasammy9 July 2013 at 11:06

    The Boy, better yet, the man is a God Fearing Christian who wants to change the world. I believe he will do so. This is a brilliant idea and will be brilliantly executed.

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  16. Solomon Sonaya9 July 2013 at 11:06

    Don baba E, I get you. Instead of seeing it as copy copy, why not see that an idea has been tailored to fix a problem we all face?

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  17. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 11:08

    Wonderful!

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  18. mereze9 July 2013 at 11:08

    I hope and wish google buys it BUT they must have a good reason to do so cuz they have bought Waze.

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  19. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 11:17

    Very nice N inspiring idea, especially 4 People who is in D US while trying to find a financer 4 my app idea/s.

    Hope he realizes his dream of selling d app one day

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  20. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 11:37

    Hmmmm!

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  21. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 11:57

    THIS IS RATHER A SELFISH ASS PERSON! THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE AN APP LIKE THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD, ITS NOT EVEN FULLY DEVELOPED AND U WANT 1 BILL DOLLARS LUNATICC! IF U GET MORE THAN $5000 FROM THIS APP THANK THE LORD!

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    1. Anonymous10 July 2013 at 02:35

      Bad belle tins on point... Go get yours pls

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    2. Anonymous10 July 2013 at 02:36

      Bad belle tins on point... Go get yours pls

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    3. Anonymous10 July 2013 at 02:36

      Bad belle tins on point... Go get yours pls

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  22. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 11:59

    @Don Baba E. Waze has zero market penetration in Nigeria leaving a huge niche to be filled. It's not about imitation but innovation. If you check out the two sites you'll see that you are comparing apples with oranges. I commend the young man and may Allah grant his wishes.

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  23. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 13:11

    linda is dis an ad for samsung? coz the headline and the story no relate @ all.. i have a sex app to sell to samsung for 1 billion dolls can i get a headline too

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  24. shouldisaymyname9 July 2013 at 13:40

    how would he want that amount of money for a Lagos only tragic app...waze covers most of the world already...smh

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  25. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 13:41

    Your points are all valid, but I think the bigger point of the article is to inspire people to be innovative and entrepreneurial...

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  26. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 13:58

    this is exactly what we need here in lagos to make our journey easier while boycotting avoidable traffic log jams. God bless this guy

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  27. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 14:16

    Google has no need for Nigerian traffic. We don't have roads. Once you report traffic on ikorodu road and few other roads, the roads are finished. The guy should look for another idea, if attracting investment from Google is his motivating factor.

    And for Shepherd, shut your trap. I guess you don't know Nigerian youths well enough, for you to think that 7 out 10 of them aspires to be rappers. You can never get more ambitious youths than Nigerian youths anywhere in the world, bare none.

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  28. geeJay9 July 2013 at 14:40

    Cool story tho!

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  29. geeJay9 July 2013 at 14:41

    Cool story tho!

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  30. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 15:06

    LIB readers please get it right. Waze is an Isreali company that just got purchased by Google for a billion dollars. Linda is only telling y'all that a nigerian is positioning himself with the launch of Traffix which is sort of a similar application for possible acquisition in the future. Lets not get too carried away now people -- read between the lines

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  31. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 15:56

    we have been fooled by the caption, how does the young man website relates to google paying 1 billion for waze. linda dont even know what she is saying

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  32. Chop Chop9 July 2013 at 17:40

    Nice app. Download nd see 4 ur sef. The only problem, too much personal info required from end users.

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  33. Bako9 July 2013 at 19:17

    hmmm...let's not conclude. Let's wait time will tell. But i really like it as nigeria is begining to showcase their talent in the tech world.
    www.sandalili.com

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  34. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 20:01

    looooool i just used the site...no speciaL exciting feature....i doubt google would buy for that amount..

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  35. Danaty.org9 July 2013 at 20:08

    Wow! This is true innovation

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  36. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 20:30

    It's good that we're seeing different apps from roadpeer,tsaboin and now this trying to tackle the traffic congestion in lagos

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  37. Anonymous9 July 2013 at 21:42

    Awesome idea but let's chill out with the $1b Google acquisition. Just because it's a traffic app doesn't mean all traffic apps will now start getting bought for $1b. We have African social networks, doesn't mean they're worth billions like Facebook.

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  38. e bonto9 July 2013 at 21:52

    Cool 4 d guy,if d deal goes through,I hope they0won't frustrate him. I wish him d best.

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  39. Traffix Founder9 July 2013 at 22:48

    Founder of Traffix here. I appreciate all your comments. Lagos is just the starting point. Even Zuckerberg conquered Harvard first before moving on to other IVY league schools, before moving to all universities in the usa, before including high schools and before opening it to the world. This is a small stepping stone to my dream of world domination. email me a admin@traffix.ng to discuss further :) cheeres

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  40. Anonymous10 July 2013 at 15:16

    pls stop misinforming people, Waze was developed by some israeli geeks not a nigerian

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