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Yabacon Valley is a nickname for the area of Yaba, -the mainland part of Lagos, Nigeria. This area is already growing as Nigeria’s technology hub and cluster of hundreds of banking institutions, educational institutions, technology and startup companies which steadily attracts angel investors, venture capitalists, enthusiasts and media people from all over the world. This cluster is the major reason many technology firms are considering opening up shop in Yaba. Close to the region is the Lagos lagoon which lies on its south-western side, it empties into the Atlantic via Lagos Harbour, a main channel through the heart of the city, 0.5 km to 1 km wide and 10 km long. The term originally was born from an unintentional act of an absent mind, manipulating the Silicon valley name to create a nick version for this cluster while writing a story title.〔() from thebusinessaim.com.ng〕 More so, due to the lagoon near this region, the term Silicon lagoon has also been used to refer to this cluster although this is yet to stick and its origin or creator is unknown. Regardless of the tech clusters in Africa, Yabacon Valley or Silicon lagoon whichever name you chose to call it continues to be a leading hub for high-tech innovation and development, buoyed by the country’s budding, technology-savvy middle-class and massive online population of 45 million internet users. Nigeria’s fledging technology start-up scene is witnessing a flurry of activities in the frame of new investment drive, acquisitions, strategic partnerships as well as plans to establish more incubation centers. Geographically, Yabacon Valley encompasses all Yaba Local council development area which was carved out of the old Lagos Mainland local government created in 1977 as a separate Local government following the national reform of Local government in September 1976. The Lagos Mainland carved out of Lagos city council which administered the Lagos Metropolitan city consists of Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland. So with the creation of three more Local government on 27 August 1991, the former lagos mainland was re-constituted with Surulere carved out of it. The present Yaba local council area has the look of an urban setting; some areas however mirror rural features and these areas are simply referred to as blighted areas like Makoko and Iwaya. Nonetheless, Yabacon Valley is a development, a commercial nerve centre for all regardless of their political and cultural affiliations. ==Origin of term== It is not known if the term ''Yabacon Valley'' has been mentioned or used in reference of this tech cluster in the past, but its first published use is credited to (The Business Aim ), an online publishing platform with focus on business, strategy, innovation, startup culture and everything new. According to Google, the phrase was first used by ''Blaise Aboh'' an award winning writer and startup enthusiast as part of a title for an (article ) to bring to light the arrival of many startup accelerators, reasons why, and also to mention the emergence of a new player named (Passion Incubator ) in the technology ecosystem. The article is dated March 13, 2014.〔() from thebusinessaim.com.ng〕 The term is still not widely known however it is been used in conversations among the geeks, players and enthusiasts in the tech ecosystem especially on technology focused blogs and social media. There's still controversy surrounding the name, arguments and comments made on (article ) a popular Nigerian technology blog (Techcabal ) confirms this as few are disgruntled and think a better nickname can be created. They feel the name ought to be something else without the ‘con’ and the ‘valley’ arguing why Nigeria must mimic the west in almost everything. But there are many who actually like the name. Weekly in conversations, this name pops up and there are those who are of the opinion that if the name is disliked so much, it should not be brought up regularly.〔() from techcabal.com〕 Yabacon is a portmanteau of ‘Yaba’ the Lagos suburb and ‘Silicon’ a chemical element used to create most semiconductors commercially for electronic computers. Although there are technology companies in this area, there are no companies involved in the making of semiconductors since the cluster is still at its green stage and Nigeria is yet to advance to the technology level of manufacturing electronics. Thus, the name is just a sheer imitation of America's Silicon valley. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yabacon Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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