Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne, has asked Nigerian businesses to embrace disruptive technology to weather the nation’s economic downturn.
The MainOne CEO said this in Lagos when the tech company, for the first time in Nigeria, showcased Microsoft HoloLens, the world’s first self-contained holographic computer running Windows 10 at MainOne’s Nerds Unite 2017 event.
Opeke also said the current recession in Nigeria was a motivator for the event theme for the 2017 edition, “Disruptive Technology: Achieve More with Less.” She said that the annual Nerds Unite conference is a commitment of MainOne and its partners to sharing knowledge and ideas aimed at transforming the businesses of its customers.
The economic downturn has left businesses with no alternative than to adopt and leverage disruptive technology to drive efficiency, save costs and deliver economic value, Opeke said, underscoring the need to align business needs with technology, the need to be agile and the importance of security.
The economic downturn has left businesses with no alternative than to adopt and leverage disruptive technology to drive efficiency, save costs and deliver economic value, Opeke said, underscoring the need to align business needs with technology, the need to be agile and the importance of security.
The MainOne CEO cited the successes recorded in the local e-payment, e-commerce sectors with businesses such as eTransact, Konga, Jumia and Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBBS) as adopters of disruptive technology in Nigeria.
“At MainOne, we believe that our customers are the most able in this society to bring about disruption in the Nigerian economy leveraging technology. Nerds Unite provides a vantage platform for us to enable our stakeholder community with new ideas to disrupt the Nigerian business landscape.”
In its third year, Nerds Unite 2017 featured world-class leaders from global, blue chip IT firms sharing knowledge on new trends and other disruptive technologies facing today’s technology landscape. The event also had in attendance, MainOne partners including Radware, Cisco, SAP, Huawei and Samsung, with representation from the Internet Society.
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