From Nollywood to a president: 10 really big Nigerian Facebook pages

Worldwide, Facebook has grown to become one of the most popular websites ever, due to its social networking tools and utilities, audience reach and its relevance to brands, celebrities and organisations. Over the past three years, Facebook has grown exponentially in Nigeria from less than 40,000 Nigerians on the network to over 2 million active members.

By Loy Okezie

10 Nov 2010

From Nollywood to a president: 10 really big Nigerian Facebook pages

However, in a country where the penetration of Facebook to population is only 1.38 % and the penetration of Facebook to online population is just 4.78 %, we're left hoping that the buzz will, sooner rather than later, break all over Nigeria. If Nigeria's Facebook population grows at the current rate, there would be an estimated 4 500 000 active users in Nigeria by October 2011.

There is no doubt that it is building. Facebook users, especially brands and celebrities, have leveraged the potential opportunities that the platform provides to interact with millions of fans and build awareness for their products and services.

There's no doubt that there are hundreds of great Nigerian-focused brands on Facebook doing exciting things on the platform. Since there's absolutely no measure for "best", I've decided to populate this list based on figures - the brands with the highest number of fans.

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About the author

Loy Okezie is a digital marketing strategist and founder of Startups Nigeria, the first online technology startup community in Nigeria. He is a contributor on [[www.memeburn.com]].