Prayerbox was a religious
social networking website that allows users share
prayer points and testimonies with their friends and people from around the world. It launched December 10, 2014.
It worked like
Twitter but for religion. Users could create accounts and post prayer requests which were then seen by the people in their network and other users of the website. In place of a
retweet or like button, users could say amen to prayers. When prayers were answered, a user had the ability to post a testimony which was then seen by people who interacted with the particular prayer. The website grown considerably at its early stage of launch and had over 100,000 active users. Churches were also allowed to create pages through which they could connect with their congregation.
Beyond sharing prayers and testimonies, Prayerbox also allowed users pay
tithes, offerings or donations directly to their churches through a secure payment channel.
The idea was founded by
Nigerian programmer Adebambo Oyekan Oyelaja and is funded by 440.ng a startup accelerator based in
Lagos, Nigeria. It did get a mention on
Forbes.
References
Links
Prayerbox- official site
*http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2015/05/10/here-is-a-nigerian-social-network-that-allows-you-share-prayers-with-friends-and-strangers/
*http://www.cp-africa.com/2015/04/21/meet-oyelaja-oyekan-the-entrepreneur-behind-prayerbox-a-new-app-aiming-to-be-the-twitter-for-religion/
*http://disrupt-africa.com/2014/12/nigerian-startup-prayerbox-twitter-religion/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20150726205444/http://www.humanipo.com/news/47525/ourprayerbox-com-allows-christians-to-share-prayer-points-testimonies/
*http://www.aleteia.org/it/tecnologia/articolo/cosa-essere-prayerbox-5824453036474368
*http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/social-network/2015/05/13/news/twitter_religione-114254879/
*http://techcabal.com/2015/03/24/adebambo-oyelaja-i-learnt-to-code-because-i-love-building-things/
*http://pulse.ng/tech/religious-technology-prayerbox-co-founder-ceo-speaks-with-pulse-tv-id3695951.html
*http://pulse.ng/tech/prayerbox-young-nigerian-techpreneur-interviewed-by-forbes-id3741626.html
*http://www.geektime.com/2014/12/16/nigerias-prayerbox-co-is-a-social-network-that-caters-to-devout-christians/
*http://ventureburn.com/2015/03/social-media-religion-startup-prayerbox-connects-nigerians-churches-online/
*http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2015/01/20/meet-the-boss-oyelaja-oyekan-prayerbox/
*http://innovation-village.com/nigerias-religious-startup-prayerbox-co-records-over-42000-users/
*http://yngvns.com/web-design/gods-twitter-prayerbox-co-fuses-religion-and-social-media/
*http://techmoran.com/prayerbox-co-wants-africas-twitter-god-fearing/#sthash.Vg1w9yw2.dpbs
*http://techpoint.ng/inside-the-business-of-prayerbox-with-bambo-oyelaja/
*http://africansmakingmoney.com/adebambo-oyelaja-prayerbox/
*http://www.osservatoreromano.va/en/news/connecting-nigerias-faithful
Nigerian social networking websites
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