Inside Africa to showcase Nigerians using technology to solve societal problems

15 Mar 2013

Inside Africa, CNN's weekly programme that explores the diversity of different cultures, countries and regions will focus Errol Barnett's visit to Lagos, Nigeria during the just concluded Social Media Week. Barnett who went round Lagos, on a journey to discover how new technology is helping solve problems in Africa's biggest city.

This week's episode will showcase young Africans and how they have been using social media to teach and inspire their fellow peers, as well as innovative technology entrepreneurs and how social media is effecting positive change in Africa. The show will air on Friday, 15 March 2013 at 6:30pm; repeat broadcast on Saturday: 11:30am; 6:30pm; Sunday: 4:30am, Monday: 5:30am, Wednesday: 8:30am on CNN International.

Errol in a follow-up interview with the first Nigerian he ever interviewed years ago, Amara Nwankpa, who in 2009 was using social media to raise awareness about Nigeria's unreliable electricity grid, he set up the website "Light up Nigeria," which encouraged people to report disruptions in their power supply.

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