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Silicon Valley eyes Africa as new tech frontier

Lagos is attracting interest from global tech giants keen to tap into an emerging market of young, connected Africans. [File, AFP]

With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn't look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley.

But the NG_Hub office is in the suburb of Yaba -- the heart of Nigeria's burgeoning tech scene that is attracting interest from global giants keen to tap into an emerging market of young, connected Africans.

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