developer that s looking for a job, there are five openings, which means there is a mass opportunity to get these awesome people who are really smart and really driven to be able to take on africa s challenges. iyinoluwa: but that s what s special about this place. i mean, most people kind of resign to the reality that they have. we re creating an alternate reality where there is always going to be power for you to do your work. anthony: africa, it should be stressed, is home to seven of the ten fastest growing internet populations in the world, with a huge young and mostly untapped labor pool of eager and ambitious people. iyinoluwa: the impact in a very short period of time, it s incredible, before we started, people would rarely hire african developers, and now they can. seni: many of us have been products of multinational experiences, i grew up in a nigeria, spent time in paris, went to the u.s., and
business leaders. everybody gets their piece of the action. it s a daily fact of life in lagos. [ sirens ] this is a big oil rich country. why doesn t it look like dubai? kadaria: well, i hate to be on this show and talk nigeria down. you know what it is, because you hear all these things all the time. so, yes, there is corruption, it is about corruption. it s about that fact that the resources that are supposed to be used for people aren t being used for people. anthony: kadaria ahmed is a progressive journalist, editor, and tv host who moderates the presidential debates. kadaria: years of military rule meant that people were brutalized. there was a fight against thinking. anthony: there was an anti-intellectual movement where you were punished for kadaria: shamed. anthony: shamed for reading,
anthony: right. [ speaking foreign language ] who really runs the streets the de facto front line of law and order or area boys? tunti: the government tries to get people on the street, like the foot soldiers. anthony: an area boy s crew levels street taxes on, well, everything. reporting to their regional boss. a king of boys. [ speaking foreign language ] taxis, buses, any target of opportunity pays. kadaria: we don t depend on government fine, but you re running your own business. anthony: right. kadaria: so you pay a bribe. because that s the only way to get things done. every person seems to be tainted a little. anthony: police, politicians,
banky: almost 20 million. anthony: around 20 million. there are a whole lot of people leaving where ever they were. banky: yep. anthony: coming to the big city looking to get a job, looking to make it big. banky: absolutely. anthony: the smartest, the fastest, the best, the brightest make it over here. banky: yup. it s that place. it ll make you. or it ll break you. sink or swim. anthony: shina pella owns quilox, one of africa s most exclusive night clubs. shina: i built the nightclub by myself with my construction company. anthony: banky wellington is an artist and business man. banky: i m a record label owner. i m an actor. i m a director. i do videos and tv commercials. i m in advertising. i m in real estate. i m training to be a chef. anthony: why work so hard? you don t have to hustle. your life is good. business is good. why you doing so many things? shina: that is something that is just common in nigeria. you know? banky: there s the internal nigerian