The Director General of the National
Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Mr. Emeka Mba has commended the Computer
Warehouse Group Plc (CWG) led by Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
Mr. Austin Okere, over its teleport facility, reports DigitalSENSE Business
News.
Mr. Mba gave this commendation during an
courtesy visit to CWG headquarters in Lagos, saying the visit has afford his
team at NBC the opportunity of inspecting CWG’s satellite facility that will
serve as the support base for the soon to be launched SES digital TV platform.
He applauded CWG’s vision for introducing a free to
air Direct-To-Home (DTH) Television to the Nigerian broadcasting populace.
“The idea of a free to air satellite TV platform is
novel to the TV experience of average Nigerians. Its coverage capacity will be
instrumental in our quest to take quality broadcasting to every corner of the
nation. More so, it will allow indigenous stations compete competently and
affordably with regional and global ones, in terms of picture and content
quality,” he said.
Mr. Mba also assured CWG management that NBC will
provide the necessary support the company may require to make certain this
project is a success.
Welcoming the NBC delegation with a
presentation, the Head, Presales at CWG, Mr. Gbenga Odegbami, gave an overview
of CWG’s history of innovation and service excellence.
Odegbami, DigitalSENSE Business
News reports, told the guest that CWG offers integrated ICT solutions that
add value to the operations of diverse clientele, using highly skilled and
well-motivated workforce.
”At inception, CWG was basically an Information
Technology (IT) infrastructure sales firm. The group has since evolved into a pan-African
ICT powerhouse, with focus on enabling businesses through strategic
partnerships with world-class organizations and Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEMs),” he said.
According to him, CWG recently innovated
her business model to be based on Subscription and Cloud Computing under an
umbrella aptly tagged CWG2.0. Odegbami explained, the business concept, of CWG
2.0 is a cloud based subscription business model birthed and driven by the
quest to help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) grow and make notable social
impact.
This, he said, includes Openshopen, an
e-commerce platform that allows shop owners open their own virtual stores
online; and SMERP, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution built to
assist business owners manage their Accounting and Financial Record Keeping.
“Our strategic collaboration with SES
Astra, a foremost global satellite company to bring the first Direct to Home
digital TV is an integral part of our CWG 2.0 vision. The partnership entails
SES providing space segment, using their ASTRA 2F satellite, at 28.2 degrees
East, while CWG will manage the teleport services required to project the
signals to viewers, using high operational standards”, he added.
Addressing NBC delegation earlier, Mr.
Austin Okere, thumbed up NBC for its efforts in ensuring that the nation beats
the ITU June 17 deadline for migration to digital TV broadcasting. “The CWG/SES
platform, beyond being a business idea, is our social impact investment
contribution to ensure that none of the 27 million households in Nigeria are
left out in the digital TV switchover,” he said.
Firstly, Okere said, visual content will
be made available to millions of households at no cost, through a Free to Air
(FTA) medium.
Stressing that secondly, CWG is offering
a platform that will enable broadcasters deliver their content to a broader
audience cost-effectively.
“Most importantly, our platform offers the nation the opportunity of meeting the core requirements needed to beat the ITU transition to digital broadcasting deadline,” he assured.
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Pix: L-R: Mr. Philip Obioha, COO, CWG Plc; Mr. Emeka Mba, DG, NBC; Mr. Austin Okere, Founder and CEO, CWG
Plc and Mr. Gbenga Odegbami, Head, Presales, CWG Plc when MR. Mba visited CWG’s corporate headquarters in Lagos.
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