Jack Ma, Founder & Executive Chairman, Alibaba and Austin Okere, Founder and CEO, CWG Plc at the WEF AMNC in China
CWG Plc, Africa’s foremost Technology Platform Service Provider shared her success story of managing hyper-growth in an emerging economy at the World Economic Forum’s Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC) at Dalian, China, in early September with theme Charting a New Course for Growth.
The WEF AMNC provides a forum for charting global technology and innovation direction, and is attended by over 1500 leaders of business, government and academia. It also provides a platform for interaction by a new generation of entrepreneurs pioneering new courses for growth through science, technology and innovation. Continue reading →
Renowned media outfit, Technology Africa has conferred the “Titan of Technology Merit Award” on Mr. Phillip Obioha, the Chief Operating Officer, Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG). This follows a release of a report of the Technology Africa intelligence unit on key industry contributors in the past one year.
L-R: Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa, Mr. Phillip Obioha, Chief Operating Officer, Computer Warehouse Group Plc (CWG) and Mr. Kunle Ayodeji, Executive Director, Finance, CWG, at the conferment of “Titan of Technology Merit Award” on Mr. Obioha in Lagos.
According to Don Pedro Aganbi, Managing Consultant, Technology Africa, Mr. Obioha’s recognition is predicated on his immense contribution to the advancement of ICT in the country, especially in the area of innovation and corporate administration. He explained that Mr. Obioha led the Communications division of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc to become the foremost provider of Wide Area, Metropolitan, and Local area networks to corporate organizations, which made remote banking possible in the Nigerian banking system. Continue reading →
“Bauchi Deputy Governor Can’t Access Cash At ATMs”, the headlines screamed on July 1 2015. Apparently, there was no money in any of the three ATMs that the Deputy Governor tried, just to access N20k, according to a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Rabi’u Bello.
This is indeed a sad commentary for banks in Nigeria, especially against the backdrop of the recent NOI polls on Bank Financial Channels in the country, which revealed that ATMs were the most visible proceed of the banking sector reforms to Nigerians.
According to the survey, of all the bank channels, customers used ATMs 68% of the time compared to just 6% for Internet Banking and 6% for Point Of Sale terminals (PoS) respectively, with most customers using the ATMs more than once a week. The ATM has assumed great importance as the barometer of a bank’s brand as far as customers are concerned.
Austin Okere is the Founder of CWG Plc and Entrepreneur in Residence at CBS, New York.
It is therefore difficult to phantom why banks have not taken advantage of this ubiquitous channel to enhance their brand value and gain customer loyalty.
Given that my company is an active player in the industry as a Value Added Reseller of Wincor-Nixdorf ATMs, I feel obligated to disclose my interest; but it is this same vantage position that affords me the insight to comment on this passionate issue bedeviling Nigeria’s bank customers.
In my view, the unavailability of Banks’ ATM are predicated on six cardinal sins namely; Suboptimal Support Strategy, Low Spread, Low Penetration, Old Systems, Dirty and Mutilated Currency notes, and Techies running the show instead of business savvy personnel. Continue reading →
The Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Markets Payments Group (EMP), Mr. Murat Ozulku, has led a delegation of the Company’s executives on a working visit to the corporate head office of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc in Lagos. The visit aims at deepening the partnership between both firms.
L-R: Mr. James Agada, Group Chief Technology Officer, CWG Plc; Mr. Hany Fawzy, Chief Information Officer, EMP; Mr. Austin Okere, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CWG Plc; and Mr. Adetoyese Oyerinde, Data Centre Manager, CWG Plc at the corporate head office of CWG Plc, in Lagos
The Chief Information Officer of Standard Bank, PBB Rest of Africa, Klaas Kruger and his team visited Computer Warehouse Group (CWG Plc) headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria recently. The visit was aimed at strategic discussion on technology solutions that CWG Plc offers and the value it can add to the bank’s operation.
L-R: Mr. Klaas Kruger, Group Chief Information Officer, Standard Bank Plc; Mrs. Ruby Onwudiwe, Chief Information Officer, Stanbic IBTC; Mr. Austin Okere, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CWG Plc and Mr. Wole Adeniyi, Executive Director, Business support, Stanbic IBTC at the corporate head office of CWG Plc, in Lagos
In his presentation, the Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc, Mr. Austin Okere used the key ring concept to explain CWG’s solutions offering. The concept denotes the Company’s ability to handhold an institution’s entire Information Technology needs end-to-end to assure the customer of a single responsibility partner across the IT solution stack and thereby significantly minimizing risk. According to Okere, CWG Plc has world class IT facilities and capabilities as well as strong relationships with global technology brands and esteemed clientele spanning over two decades, and is poised to replicate the unique value Pan-African wide to meet the growing requirements of her global customers, who want a consistent service level across their Africa operations. Continue reading →
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