{"id":439,"date":"2014-07-07T13:06:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T05:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2014-07-07T13:06:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T05:06:03","slug":"traffic-butter-app-solve-traffic-issues-lagos-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/traffic-butter-app-solve-traffic-issues-lagos-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Butter, a startup to solve Nigeria's Lagos jams"},"content":{"rendered":"

During Mobile West Africa’s<\/a><\/strong> demo day in Lagos, Nigeria<\/strong>, we saw a selection of startups solving local issue, all expecting a reward and more exposure of being the top startup of the conference.<\/p>\n

Traffic Butter<\/a><\/strong> ended up second, behind Find a Med, however it is our personal favorite. Why? Just imagine a Waze for Africa’s most populous\u00a0country<\/strong>, getting data from traffic by community-powered notifications, and updates for users by SMS, Twitter or on iOs\/Android apps. Lagos is competing (and regularly winning) for the \u00ab\u00a0worst traffic jams in the world\u00a0\u00bb. The central business district is located on an island with limited access, and the number of cars has jumped from<\/p>\n

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We had a discussion with Stanley Okafor<\/strong>, founder of Traffic Butter. Here is our chat, which hopefully will help discover a bit more of this amazing country and the problems local startups manage to solve.<\/p>\n

An interview with Traffic Butter founder Stanley Okafor<\/h2>\n

Innovation is Everywhere: When did you launch Traffic Butter, and how did you do it?<\/em><\/p>\n

Traffic Butter: I started Trafficbutter in November 2010.<\/p>\n

TrafficButter’s goal is simple: to help Nigerians NAVIGATE\u00a0SMARTER<\/strong> and ease the traffic stress on them by providing real-time\u00a0traffic updates through an easy to use mobile App that captures\u00a0traffic updates, and presents them to its users in a concise manner.\u00a0The TrafficButter Mobile App is available for download for Blackberry\u00a0devices, Android devices, Apple ipads and Iphones. Our primary market\u00a0right now is Lagos State with a population of over 18,000,000 people.<\/p>\n

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IEV: How was Traffic Butter launched? Did you start with a hackhaton?<\/em><\/p>\n

TB: No. It started off as a\u00a0twitter handle \/ Facebook page and then evolved into an app. Originally, it was a side-project which had to become a full-time\u00a0project given the 24hr nature of demand for traffic updates and our\u00a0recognition of the business opportunity traffic updates presents.<\/p>\n

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IEV: What are the milestones you have achieved so far, in terms of users, and recognition or partnerships?<\/em><\/p>\n

TB:<\/p>\n