‘Technology solution is key to business sustainability in recession’- BCX

At a time when Nigeria is facing economic recession and businesses are suffering in terms of progression, Business Connexion, an Information Technology (IT) Systems Integrator Company, with operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has stressed the need for small and big enterprises in Nigeria to drive their businesses with technology solutions to remain relevant.
Ayo Adegboye, the newly appointed Managing Director of Business Connexion Nigeria, who became the first Nigerian to assume the position, made the disclosure in Lagos recently, during his first media briefing on the activities of Business Connexion (BCX) in Nigeria as a technology solution provider.
Adegboye who seemed passionate about positioning the company as the foremost technology solution provider and business advisor, promised to boost customer confidence and satisfaction, using Internet of Things (IoT) and the cloud technologies.
Speaking about the current economic situation in the country, Adegboye said that there is no need for business owners in Nigeria to panic if they use technology solutions to drive their businesses. This, he said is capable of reducing total cost of managing businesses and at the same time helping business owners enjoy economics of scale and business sustainability.
He however called on government to diversify the economy by channelling its policies to enhance technology development in the country.
“Government needs to come up with strong policies that will turn around the economy, and it must ensure diversification of the Nigerian economy from monolithic economy to diversified and knowledge-based economy.

 

India for instance has been able to catch up with technology by developing software solutions that are used in other parts of the world, and this is a typical example of knowledge-based economy,” Adegboye said.
According to him, if the government of Nigeria plans to achieve a knowledge-based economy, it needs to channel its policies to encourage IT development in the country, especially local content development.
He mentioned that public/private partnership should be encouraged to drive economic growth in the country. Technocrats from the private sector should be engaged in policy formulation that will drive technology development in the country.
BCX, he said has taken an initiative to support businesses in the country with technology solutions that will make businesses enjoy economics of scale and stay alive always.
“We have developed technology solutions that will help customer save on their CAPEX. Today technology is evolving and BCX is at the forefront of business, making sure clients enjoy economics of scale in their business, and we are doing this by taking businesses to the cloud. We are making huge investment in the cloud, and what that translates into is that the SMEs and the big enterprise do not need to invest so much in infrastructure, because we built infrastructure in the cloud for them, and that is the direction of businesses globally,” Adegboye said.
Also speaking at the press conference, Jakes Mogale Managing Executive, Business Connexion Nigeria, said business in Nigeria today is about total cost of ownership, which is a concept that will continue to be on the minds of business owners.
“Our concern is to ensure that businesses have the right solution that will enable them do successful business such that their income is far more than their expenditure and BCX has solutions that will address all of that for business owners,” Mogale said.
“When we get into a banking environment for instance, we do not only look at what the bank is using for their network infrastructure, but we look at customer interaction and device solution on how the banks can interact more with customers, without the customers crowding banking halls on a daily basis,” he added.
Emmanuel Akhidenor, General Manager, Services at Business Connexion Nigeria, said BCX technology solutions were designed to address those challenges that could lead to economic recession.

“Our belief is that when companies are doing well in business, it will bring in more money to the economy and the issue of recession will be far of from the Nigerian environment and our solutions are geared towards business sustainability for small and large enterprise, Akhidenor said.
“Inadequate power supply for instance is a major draw back to businesses and we have to design our solution to fit into the cloud, where power is not an issue,” he added.

 

Jumoke Akiyode