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Very nice! So your target is an english-speaking person going for a (business) trip to Nigeria?

markessien 14y ago
Target is actually nigerians who need a hotel at some location elsewhere within the country. Internet growth in Africa is off the charts atm...
- withinthreshold 14y ago
  Very interesting. Do you find it difficult to do business in Nigeria?
- prezjordan 14y ago
  Glad there are people out there taking advantage of this. How tough was it to acquire that domain?
okal 14y ago
You do realize Nigeria IS an English speaking country, don't you?
- roel_v 14y ago
  For very marginal definitions of 'English speaking' only. By any such definition, Germany, all Scandinavian countries, Belgium and the Netherlands would be 'English speaking countries'.
  - eaurouge 14y ago
    Nigeria is an English-speaking country, the other countries you listed are not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_speaking#List_of_English_Speaking_Countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_speaking#List_of_Englis...
    - roel_v 14y ago
      Well if we're going to play 'I'm right because Wikipedia says so' games, here's from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria: "English, however, remains an exclusive preserve of the country's urban elite, and is not widely spoken in rural areas. With approximately 75% of Nigeria's populace in the rural areas, the major languages of communication in the country remain national languages".
      - ivanhoe 14y ago
        So you mean to say he's missing all these non-english speaking farmers from rural areas surfing the net looking for a hotel ?! C'mon, we all know what English speaking country means, it's official language there, just the same as in India (which also has a lot of other, local languages in use). People using Internet for sure know how to speak English, so this whole discussion is pointless.
      - eaurouge 14y ago
        I'm not playing any Wikipedia games with you, I'm merely stating the facts as they are. Yes, there are probably over a hundred other languages still spoken today, but the official and most widely spoken language is English. Almost all (if not all) newspapers are in English, national TV stations are in English, the government communicates exclusively in English, and all elementary schools teach English as a core subject. Some Nigerians are illiterate, of course, and some never attended school. But the majority of the country, I would say over 90%, speaks some form of English. So it's not just the elite that speak English. Now in rural (and even in urban) areas you will find people that can only communicate in broken English, but broken English is still English.

Target is actually nigerians who need a hotel at some location elsewhere within the country. Internet growth in Africa is off the charts atm...

withinthreshold 14y ago
Very interesting. Do you find it difficult to do business in Nigeria?
prezjordan 14y ago
Glad there are people out there taking advantage of this. How tough was it to acquire that domain?

okal 14y ago

You do realize Nigeria IS an English speaking country, don't you?

roel_v 14y ago
For very marginal definitions of 'English speaking' only. By any such definition, Germany, all Scandinavian countries, Belgium and the Netherlands would be 'English speaking countries'.
- eaurouge 14y ago
  Nigeria is an English-speaking country, the other countries you listed are not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_speaking#List_of_English_Speaking_Countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_speaking#List_of_Englis...
  - roel_v 14y ago
    Well if we're going to play 'I'm right because Wikipedia says so' games, here's from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Nigeria: "English, however, remains an exclusive preserve of the country's urban elite, and is not widely spoken in rural areas. With approximately 75% of Nigeria's populace in the rural areas, the major languages of communication in the country remain national languages".
    - ivanhoe 14y ago
      So you mean to say he's missing all these non-english speaking farmers from rural areas surfing the net looking for a hotel ?! C'mon, we all know what English speaking country means, it's official language there, just the same as in India (which also has a lot of other, local languages in use). People using Internet for sure know how to speak English, so this whole discussion is pointless.
    - eaurouge 14y ago
      I'm not playing any Wikipedia games with you, I'm merely stating the facts as they are. Yes, there are probably over a hundred other languages still spoken today, but the official and most widely spoken language is English. Almost all (if not all) newspapers are in English, national TV stations are in English, the government communicates exclusively in English, and all elementary schools teach English as a core subject. Some Nigerians are illiterate, of course, and some never attended school. But the majority of the country, I would say over 90%, speaks some form of English. So it's not just the elite that speak English. Now in rural (and even in urban) areas you will find people that can only communicate in broken English, but broken English is still English.