Africa, specifically Nigeria is the ‘bright spot’ for Research in
Motion (RIM), makers of the Blackberry handheld device. RIM’s market
share in America has dropped to 1.6%, but in Nigeria BlackBerrys are
still hot. We had previously done a feature on the Blackberry phenomena
in Nigeria. Read the post here:
Blackberry fever: Why Nigerians are still crazy about the Blackberry
In the video embedded, Waldi Wepener, Regional Director Africa RIM,
explains to Vladimir Duthiers of CNN why Blackberry is hot still in
Nigeria. He says, “I think Nigerians are kind of entrepreneurial and
social in spirit, which plays quite well always to the always on, always
connected services you get with RIM.”
CP-Africa
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