United States International partner
Forum and Awards which recently held in Lagos, honoured the Computer Warehouse
Group (CWG) with its International award for outstanding achievement in
supporting American-Nigerian trade.
Organized by the United States
Commercial Service (CS) in Nigeria, the trade promotion arm of the U.S.
Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration with an objective to
honour Nigerian businesses, who promote U.S. products and services, thereby contributing
significantly to the achievement of the goals and objectives.
CWG, was described as the foremost
Information and Technology Company in Nigeria, at the first-ever award category of the International Partner Award, even as it was
confirmed that the founder and Group Chief Executive of CWG, Mr Austin Okere is
one of the most proactive promoters of U.S. exports and commercial interests in
Nigeria.
He was one of the pioneers of the
NUSA (Networking with the United States of America) programme. CWG being an aggregate
ICT company enables businesses using the three facets of ICT; Hardware,
communication and Software. Consequently, CWG has three divisions; CWL Systems,
DCC Networks and ExpertEdge respectively handling the business needs of the
clients in the three aspects of ICT. These divisions work with and represent
several US firms including Cisco, IBM, Symantec, Oracle and Dell among others.
Also, it was noted that Computer
Warehouse Group recorded transactions valued over $46 million with its US
associates during the period under review. Aside from Mr Okere’s
entrepreneurial prowess, he is anardent entrepreneurial advocate equipping
young entrepreneurs in USA and other parts of the globewith his wealth of
knowledge and experience in entrepreneurship. Presently, he is an Entrepreneur
in Residence in Columbia Business School (CBS), New York and also guest
lectures at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston. The
aforementioned factors contributed to the special award given to CWG.
The organizers of U.S. International
Forum and Awardsalso stated that, The Computer Warehouse Group is now described
as a Pan African ICT company with regional offices in West, East and Central
Africa. It was on this note that the International Partner award for Commercial
Innovation and Trade Development was given to Mr Okere in recognition of CWG’s
large volume of imports of U.S. ICT products and sustained promotion of
Nigerian-American trade in Nigeria and Across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dayo Abegunde, the Associate Vice
President of Computer Warehouse Group received the award on behalf of CWG. Responding
afterwards, Abegunde told DigitalSENSE
Business News on Monday in Lagos, that CWG is a company built on quality
customer service, honesty and transparency.
This, he said, has been able to build
good relationships with world-class Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)
like Dell, Oracle, Cisco, EMC, and Symantec among others with the singular
objective to enable businesses across sectors in Africa with cutting edge technology.
“This we have consistently achieved” he
said, expressing gratitude to the organizers of the event and promised that CWG
will not relent in ensuring quality services and consistently abiding by the
rules and regulations of the regulatory bodies.
The forum among other activities
featured interactive session with a representative of Standard Organization of
Nigeria (SON) on products standard–promotingNigerian-American Trade through
Registration and Enforcement of Standards in International Trade.
The Commercial Counsellor, Rebecca
Armand also shared her insights and lessons learned over the past three years
of her appointment for promoting and facilitating US-Nigerian Trade.
Correspondent/DigitalSENSE Business News
... Making SENSE of digital revolution!*Pix: U.S. Consul General Lagos, Nigeria; Jeffrey J. Hawkins (L) presenting an award plaque to the Associate Vice President, CWG; Dayo Abegunde at the U.S. Int'l Partner Forum and Award heldin Lagos.
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