With the present development going on in the country, specifically the suspension of social micro-blogging platform, Twitter, many have begun asking young Nigerians to stand up to the occasion and innovatively come up with platform ideas that can fill the vacuum in terms of communication amongst millennials.
Truly, Nigeria is home to some of the brightest tech minds around the world and this is not in doubt as several Nigerians are scattered across the world holding strategic positions in top tech firms like Google and Facebook.
With the clamour for a home grown and indigenous solution, the challenges of building a platform from the ground up, taking into consideration the mandatory gestation period for such an idea, along with financial commitment needed for things such as manpower and hosting, it most definitely cannot be an overnight process.
Interestingly, one such platform that comes to the fore and can readily fill up the need amongst young Nigerians is Nairaland.
Founded in 2005 by Oluwaseun Osewa, the platform has stayed on consistent over the years and is home to quite a number of loyal readers.
Nairaland appears to be making consistent noiseless stride in its own lane and could be a good option for Nigerians to fall back on at this time. The platform’s data for the last 5 five months of this year indeed would make any online platform owner envious and shows it has steadily grown to become a formidable communication tool.
According to StatiSense, Nairaland boasts of unique visitors in excess of 4million month on month.
Check out the data below:
Number of Unique Visitors
Jan 2021: 4.84 million
Feb 2021: 4.29 million
Mar 2021: 4.49 million
Apr 2021: 4.31 million
May 2021: 4.33 million
NAIRALAND TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Number of Unique Visitors
Jan 2021: 4.84 million
Feb 2021: 4.29 million
Mar 2021: 4.49 million
Apr 2021: 4.31 million
May 2021: 4.33 millionIs it time for @Nairaland to transform to an app?
MEMBERS: 2.69 million
TOPICS: 6.33 million#StatiSense— StatiSense (@StatiSense) June 9, 2021
Also according to StatiSense, it has a total membership of 2.69 million and 6.33 million topics and according to the platform, it sure makes sense for the founder, Seun Osewa to begin considering making an app for the platform. This will most definitely boost its visibility and ubiquity among Nigerians.
Many agree with this idea as can be seen from the reactions below:
Honestly, Seun needs to open up Nairaland and introduce new features that will make it more appealing globally. Nairaland by now ought to have a functional mobile app but now.
— Michael 💎 (@barnaby04) June 9, 2021
If they can make an app with beautiful UI and easy to use egonormics then they'd double the number of visitors in no time
— X6 and 700 others (@x6blade) June 9, 2021
The website seems to have stagnated and hovering around a certain fixed glass ceiling.
— Yorùbá Ronú (@Yoruba_Ronu) June 9, 2021
