In Lagos, RIM fights for mobile market share
The Globe and Mail's Iain Marlow travelled to Lagos amidst RIM's efforts to grow its brand there. Here's what he saw.
The Computer Village in Lagos, Nigeria, is home to most of the city’s consumer electronics shops – both official and unofficial.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
Makoko, a slum in Lagos, is famous for being built out onto the water. This shack sells cellphone SIM cards.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
A mobile phone shop in the Computer Village neighbourhood of Lagos, Nigeria, where many of the country's mobile phones are sold. Tecno is a Hong Kong-based phone manufacturer that focuses on growth in Africa.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
A huge Samsung advertisement looms down from the wall of a mobile phone shop in Computer Village. It advertises a smaller and cheaper version of the smartphones that have propelled Samsung to smartphone success in wealthier countries in the West.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
A mobile phone shop in the Computer Village area of Lagos, Nigeria, where many mobile devices and consumer electronics are sold.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
A young man in Lagos, Nigeria uses a BlackBerry to take a picture of himself at a concert put on by famed Nigerian musician Femi Kuti.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
Staff wait for customers at the grand opening of Research In Motion's first official BlackBerry store in Lagos, Nigeria.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail
Robert Bose, Research In Motion's managing director for the middle east and Africa, greets the head of a Nigerian retail chain that has just opened a dedicated BlackBerry store.Iain Marlow/The Globe and Mail