Nigerian Internet. We have a long long way to go.

So about 18 months ago, when we moved into the iROKO offices in Anthony, we had to find a solution to the ‘Internet problem’. Whilst in Festac, and starting up iROKO, we had literally tried EVERY Internet Service Provider (ISP). To be honest they were all expensive and rather crappy. We were paying approximately $3,000/month for 2–3Mb up and down. Pitiful. Mind you this was for 40+ people. I remember the CNN Africa Voices interview I did in May 2011, then anchor Christian Purfoy was trying to log onto NollywoodLove, the browser crashed. Cue massive global embarrassment. An Internet company with crappy Internet connection. Brilliant. Nigeria 0.01.
If we were text based, no problem. Mobile and Internet providers are okay at providing that. Video? Different ball game. There are very few things more data intensive than consuming video online. YouTube could not have existed in the US without the massive wave of broadband adoption and increased penetration from 2005 onwards. Access was ...

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