The Country Manager, OLX Nigeria, Lola Masha has assured the
public that the company has adequate measures to monitor whatever takes place
on the platform, Reports ITRealms.
Speaking at the Nigeria DigitalSENSE 2015 Forum on Internet
Governance for Development (IG4D) with the theme “Net Neutrality and Nigerian
Internet Users,” in Lagos recently, she asserted that “With Nigerians reputed
for advanced fee fraud, OLX has taken adequate measures to ensure that what
comes on and off the platform is nothing but decent”.
She reiterated that classified as a concept has existed for
over 500 years as a way of trading local stuff, adding that the task has
remained the same over time but that only platforms of access have changed.
She said that online classified is where interested buyers
and sellers place what they want to buy or sell with their contact details so
that whoever is looking for such an item can easily reach each other, ITRealms gathered.
OLX, ITRealms
reports, has a global presence, being in the family of Naspers which also has
other companies like DSTv, Multi Choice and African Magic, it has physical
presence in Nigeria, Kenya covering east African operations, and in South
Africa covering Southern African operations, and an additional three different
countries: Ghana, Sudan and Tanzania
which are managed from the countries where OLX has physical presence.
She assured that at OLX somebody is monitoring whatever goes
on the platform to checkmate indecent postings on the site proactively. As the
largest online classified globally, being in 40 countries and an approximately 200million
monthly active users and 25 million new monthly listings, Masha said, OLX
classified in Nigeria is mobile. She also stated that classifieds level the
playing field and allow Nigerians financial benefits from the internet, ITRealms learnt.
Cyriacus Nnaji/ GEE
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