Top 25 Websites in Nigeria

Nigerian websites are catching up with their foreign counterparts. I present to you, the top 25 websites in Nigeria, i bet you will be surprised to see Jumia and Konga far above the likes of Nairaland and Linda Ikeji. GTB is the only bank on the list, while Punch and Vanguard are the only Newspaper company on the list. Of the 25 listed websites listed 8 (Eight) are owned by Nigerians. I will give brief details of the owners and their pictures. Kudos to the owners of Jumia, Konga, Dealdey, Nairaland, Lindaikeji, GTbank, Punchng, and Vanguardngr for making Nigeria proud. Here are the Top 25 websites in Nigeria as of 9th September 2015 on Alexa.com:

1 Google.com 

2  Google.com.ng

3  Facebook.com

4  Yahoo.com

5  Youtube.com

6  Jumia.com.ng

Raphael Afaedor

Raphael Afaedor and Tunde Kehinde

Tunde Kehinde

JUMIA is a Nigerian online shopping site for a wide range of electronics, fashion, home appliances and kid’s items. The business was founded in 2012 by a team that included Jeremy Hodara, Sacha Poignonnec, Tunde Kehinde, Raphael Afaedor, and Leonard Stiegeler, with funding from Rocket Internet.

7  Konga.com

Simdul Shagaya

Simdul Shagaya

Konga.com is a Nigerian electronic commerce company with headquarters in Yaba, Lagos. Konga was founded in July 2012 by Simdul Shagaya, with 20 staff. Shortly after launching in 2012, Konga raised a $3.5 million seed round from Investment AB Kinnevik
Simdul Shagaya, Nigeria -- Tech Entrepreneur and Founder of Konga.com and DealDey.com. Shagaya is the founder and CEO of Konga.com

8  Blogspot.com

9  Dealdey.com

Simdul Shagaya

Simdul Shagaya

Dealdey was launched in 2011. Dealdey features a daily deal on the best things to do, see, buy and eat in Abuja and Lagos. Simdul Shagaya is the Founder & Executive Chairman of DealDey Limited, and also the Founder of Konga

10  Twitter.com

11  Linkedin.com

12  Nairaland.com

Seun Osewa

Seun Osewa

Nairaland is an online community created by Seun Osewa in March 2005. It is targeted at Nigerians.
Nairaland currently has over 1,400,000 registered accounts (August 2015), and is ranked as the 7th most visited site in Nigeria (and the most visited indigenous site) according to Alexa.com.

13  Lindaikeji.blogspot.com



 Linda Ikeji is called the queen of blogs. Linda started blogging after graduation and in 2007 she founded her own blog for sharing Nigeria entertainment news with other people. She blogs about News, Events, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Fashion, Beauty, Inspiration and Gossip.

14  Wikipedia.org

15  Ask.com

16 Gtbank.com

Fola Adeola

 

Guaranty Trust Bank plc also known as GTBank or simply GTB is a Nigerian multinational financial institution with a strong service culture, that offers Online/Internet Banking, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Asset Management services. GTBank was founded by Fola Adeola and Late Tayo Aderinokun.

17  Amazon.com

18  Aliexpress.com

19  Instagram.com

20  Punchng.com

 

 The Punch is a Nigerian daily newspaper. The Punch newspaper was founded by two friends, James Aboderin, an accountant and Sam Amuka, a columnist and editor at the Daily Times.

21  Igbimo.com

22  Naij.com

 

 Naij.com is a news and entertainment-oriented web-portal. Naij.com is owned by ''EA Investments Limited (Georgios Vlachou)''.

23  Vanguardngr.com

Sam Amuka-Pemu

                             

The Vanguard is a daily newspaper published by Vanguard Media, based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Vanguard Media was established in 1983 by veteran journalist Sam Amuka-Pemu with three friends.
24  Amazonaws.com

25  Goal.com

References: http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/NG
                  https://en.wikipedia.org