The founding group managing director
and chief executive officer, Omatek Ventue Plc, Mrs. Florence Seriki is dead,
reports ITRealms.
According to some close friends of
Engineer, Mrs. Seriki, popularly known as the IT Amazon, died on Friday, March
3, 2017 after a protracted illness at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(LUTH).
Former chief marketing manager at
Omatek Ventures Plc, Mr. Biyi Fashoyin, confirmed this on Sunday.
ITRealms gathered that late Mrs
Seriki may have died of cancer after a long battle.
Until her death, Mrs. Seriki was the
president of Information Technology Association of Nigeria (ITAN) and a member
of Exco of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and multiple award winner in the
industry for her entrepreneurial prowess, especially as a foremost female
entrepreneur within the Information and communication technology (ICT) sector
in Nigeria.
Late Mrs. Seriki, ITRealms also
reports was a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Nigerian
Computers Society (NCS) and the Institute of Directors to name a few.
She was a graduate of University of
Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) with Bachelor of Science degree in
Chemical Engineering.
Late Florence Seriki founded Omatek
Ventures Plc over 25 years ago, after she commenced one-on-one computer
training for executives within the banking and oil sectors to lay foundation
for the establishment of Omatek Ventures Plc.
She was a recipient of one of
Nigeria’s highest national honours; thus she is a Member of the Federal
Republic (MFR) in recognition of her selfless service to her Motherland among
others.
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