"Crocodile in the Yangtze" Porter Erisman
Alibaba.com
Konga.com invites you to the screening of the documentary"Crocodile in the Yangtze" (The Alibaba Story)
Friday, January 10, 2014Omoba
2014 is a year that
promises to be rewarding for the Nigerian Technology and Business Ecosystems in
terms of growth and providing solutions for Nigerians at large. And to kick off
the year,
The Konga.com team in
collaboration with Porter Erisman will like to invite you to the
screening of the award-winning independent documentary “Crocodile in the
Yangtze”; The Alibaba story, at the Ozone Cinemas, Yaba Lagos.
This award-winning
independent film/documentary follows China’s first Internet entrepreneur
and former English teacher Jack Ma, as he growsAlibaba from a small
apartment business into China’s first global Internet company, while
battling and beating eBay in China along the way.
The film has been
screened in 11 locations around the world, and chronicles the work experience
of the Movie Producer and Director, Porter Erisman with Alibaba.com, where
he worked for eight years and for the first time, will make the documentary
available for screening in Nigeria and Africa, which is home to many internet Startups. Crocodile
in the Yangtze captures the emotional ups and downs of life in a Chinese
Internet startup company at a time when the Internet brought China face-to-face
with the West.
There will be an
introduction of the film by the CEO of Konga.com, Sim Shagaya, followed by
a Q&A session with Porter Erisman, Producer & Director of the
documentary. A post- movie roundup by a special guest will follow thereafter.
Tickets will be sold for
N500 on Konga.com (Limited tickets available) with all ticket proceeds donated
to the Yaba Police Station for Internet access provision. There will also be 5
free tickets given out to students from the departments of Computer Science,
Engineering Department in the University of Lagos, and the Co-Creation Hub,
Lagos (CChub).
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