Gidi traffic nominated for a Shorty Award!
Countless motorists in Lagos and
it's environs who are never far away from social networking site Twitter will be
thrilled to learn that their favourite traffic guide; Gidi traffic has
been nominated for The SHORTY awards in New York.
Gidi
Traffic is a Twitter
handle that began operation in September last year, using Social Media and
technology to save Lagosians mostly gas money, stress, commuting time and making
the roads less congested by helping people vary their routes, ultimately giving
Lagosians safer trips through less traffic.
Gidi
traffic also helps
with information on filling stations selling the least expensive gas to the
nearest hospital for accident victims and areas of unrest to
avoid.
The
traffic twitter handle was nominated in the "LIFE SAVING HERO"
category amongst 399 other people mainly from the USA and a few others from
around the world. This very competitive category includes the likes of the New
York Fire Department, Actress Sophia Bush and US Congresswoman Gabrielle
Giffords.
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| Top 5 of the 399 nominations... |
Gidi
Traffic won the
highest number of nomination votes in this category from Africa and has been
invited for a chance at grabbing the award on March 26 at the Time Center in New
York.
According
to a spokesperson "Gidi Traffic is the only African amongst the finalists
in this category and we are proud to showcase a young and brilliant innovation
from Nigeria. We see this as a huge opportunity to put Africa and Nigeria, most
importantly on the map for a positive cause. Social Media in Nigeria is gaining
a reputation from foreigners as a tool of perpetuating ill deeds, but we hope
that this recognition can begin the process of enlightening the world about some
of the positive uses of Social Media in
Nigeria".
In the
social media world, The SHORTY award is equivalent to the Oscars.
It is an international award ceremony held annually in New York that celebrates
the best of Social Media Users in innovation and
excellence.
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