Leading computer manufacturer in the country, Omatek Ventures plc, has advanced plans to invest billions of naira on a new factory.
The Managing Director and chief executive officer, Omatek
Ventures Plc, Mrs. Florence Seriki, made this disclosure recently in a chat
with ITRealms Online, saying that it’s aimed at consolidating on the company’s
achievements and its extensive presence in Nigeria and West Africa sub-region.
She noted that the company, which turned 25 last December,
has continued to be the only quoted computer manufacturing company on the
Nigeria Stock Exchange.
“It has led the increasingly competitive Nigerian ICT market
as the only company in East, West and Central Africa that produces computers
and casings from completely knocked down (CKD) components sourced from the
highest grades of manufacturers to give all Omatek computers the requisite
world-class standards comparable to any other foreign brand,” she said.
Mrs. Seriki noted that Omatek exited the SMEIS scheme
through a Private Placement undertaken by former Afribank Capital which
eventually culminated in the company being listed as the first computer
manufacturing company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in July 2008.
“Since then, Omatek factory has come up with various
initiatives to drive and sustain the Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) requirement
of the first class manufacturers of raw materials,” she said, adding that one
of such initiatives was the Omatek e-Xpress consumer scheme designed to assist
Nigerians own computers through a convenient payment plan which spans between
12 and 24 months.
Further, she said that the new factory which takes-off
immediately would include the new solar panel and the new LED bulbs and
lighting factories.
“Our 24 hour solar-inverter-battery hybrid solution is a
great innovation and is pioneered by Omatek and the first of its kind in
Africa,” she declared.
This by itself, she said is a major income revenue to
provide 24 hour light and power to homes, offices, schools, hospitals and
hotels among others.
Mrs. Seriki reaffirmed this in Lagos at the weekend,
proclaiming the new phase of growth for the company.
“It will interest you to know that Lighting and Power
Solutions were provided via this solution in conjunction with special Omatek
LED bulbs. These Bulbs last three to five years without maintenance and
our regular 42W Flourescent bulbs had been reduced to 9W for 2ft and 13W for
4ft bulbs; thus reducing consumption by over 85 per cent,” she explained.
As said by the Omatek boss, the management has advanced
strategies to tidy up financials with funding instruments from both offshore
and local partners.
Omatek, she said, recorded over a billion naira turnover
last year from not just its existing computer products, but also from its newly
innovating products such as the 24 hour Solar-Inverter-battery Hybrid Solutions
sold to schools, offices and homes.
She therefore, said Omatek was re-kitting its financial base
to consolidate and expand its portfolio of services available through its
Consumer Scheme Finance and Omatek Resource Centres.
ITRealms Online recalled that since inception, Omatek has
grown to become one of the continent’s leading brands in addition to opening a
factory in Ghana over years ago as part the company’s pan-African vision.
Additionally, Omatek has won global accolade and got the
endorsement of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) about four
years ago as a driver of technological change in Africa and from software giant
Microsoft, it got recognised as the No.1 PC manufacturer in the West and
Central Africa (WECA) region.
Equally, Omatek’s strong performance record in nation’s
public sector was described about six years ago by then President
Olusegun Obasanjo as a product of “vision and resilience,” during the official
launch of its brand in Nigeria by the former president in Aso Villa.
Further, Obasanjo described Omatek as a testimony that
government’s policy of having a private sector-led economy was working, as
such, Omatek has created a benchmark for other enterprises.
Remmy Nweke
ITREALMS Online ... delivering news for ICT4D Short URLs: goo.gl, mcaf.ee, cli.gs
No comments:
Post a Comment