GES 2015: Onuegbu to speak at Obama instance

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The Executive Vice Chairman, Signal Alliance and Founder of Sasware, Mr. Collins Onuegbu has been invited to speak at the 6^th Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2015) in Nairobi, Kenya on July 25 – 26, at the instance of United States President, Mr. Barrack Obama, reports ITRealms.

Senior Director, National Security Council in US, Courtney Beale, in a letter to Mr. Onuegbu, stated that “Your participation will demonstrate your personal commitment to the President’s long standing support for entrepreneurship and his call to action on May 11 to generate new investment in entrepreneur around the world.”

ITRealms reports that Onuegbu who is a leading investor in technology and technology-enabled businesses has accepted the invitation, and will be part of a discussion in Intra-Regional Entrepreneurship and Trade at the summit.

“There is need for more engagement and sharing of ideas to see how we can improve and support entrepreneurs in an emerging economy like ours. Nigeria entrepreneurs and angel investors need all the support they can get to grow their businesses and generate employment in order to reduce poverty,” Onuegbu told ITRealms

ITRealms recalls that President Obama launched the GES in 2009 in order to bring together entrepreneurs and investors from across Africa and around the world annually to showcase innovative projects, exchange new ideas, and help spur economic opportunity.

The 2015 GES agenda, ITRealms gathered would focus on generating new investments for entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on women and youth. Hence, since 2009, GES has emerged as a global platform connecting emerging entrepreneurs with leaders from business, international organizations, and governments looking to support them. This is the first time GES will take place in sub-Saharan Africa.

+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms)                    

 

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Pix: Mr. Collins Onuegbu

GITEX 2014: Nigeria is changing her negative stories – Onuegbu

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One of the Nigeria’s advantage in participating in the ongoing 2014 GITEX at the World Trade Center in Dubia is the ability to change her negative stories to positive in the global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and precisely on the Internet attitudes, says the Executive Vice Chairman, Signal Alliance Company, Mr. Collins Onuegbu.

The promoter of SASWARE venture capital, a subsidiary of Signal Alliance told ITRealms that Nigeria ICT industry should see opportunities like GITEX as a platform to retold the country stories positively.

He narrated how he went to a stand only to be accosted with a question of a nation known for online scam, which he quickly turned to Nigeria’s advantage by telling the positive stories rather than leaving the negative stories to take upper hand in people’s mind.

Mr. Onuegbu also commended NITDA for this platform offered to Nigerian companies to contribute in changing the negatives stories the country may have, thereby making way for more investors while creating enabling environment for Nigerian enterprise, particularly the start-ups who are usually in search of investors.

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Pix: Collins Onuegbu@GITEX2014 (2) Pix Moses Braimah chatting with a guest at SASWARE stand

Onuegbu, SA CEO, makes finalist in E&Y Entrepreneurship award’13

DigitalSENSE Business News:

Managing Director of a leading Nigerian Information Technology (IT) solutions company, the Signal Alliance (SA), Mr. Collins Onuegbu made it as 2013 finalist in the recently concluded Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award under its Master Category for the West African sub-region.

DigitalSENSE Business News reports that the Minister of Trade, Dr. Olusegun Aganga in his remarks at the ceremony, detailed benefits of events such as the Ernst and Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award, stressed the need to celebrate entrepreneurs as they boost the economy by their businesses which provide employment for the citizenry.

Regional Managing Partner for West Africa, Ernst & Young, Mr. Henry Egbiki,  told DigitalSENSE Business News that the award is “the most prestigious award that recognizes entrepreneurs across the world,” saying that finalists and winners of the award emerged after an extensive and intensive process.

Also, DigitalSENSE Business News gathered that Mr. Onuegbu, one of the few entrepreneurs in the indigenous ICT sector to be so nominated, narrowly lost to the winner Engr. Femi Akintunde of Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services Ltd.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year nominees, DigitalSENSE Business News further learnt were reviewed by an independent judging panel composed of several distinguished business leaders and previous award recipients using various criteria in entrepreneurial spirit, financial performance, corporate strategic direction, local and global  impact, innovation, personal integrity and influence.

In his reaction on the nomination, Mr. Onuegbu who is a graduate of University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and founding CEO of the company told DigitalSENSE Business News that it was a most humbling manifestation of the giant strides made by the company over the years.

DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that Signal Alliance in the past 17 years has continued to set records in performance and growth in the area of information technology business process solutions and consultancy in all sectors of the nation’s economy; using its strategic partnerships with global OEMs in the IT market like SAP, Microsoft, Cisco, CA amongst others, Signal Alliance has been able to leverage on its expertise to redefine the aspect of enterprise IT solutions in the sub-region.

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Pix 1: From left Ernst & Young Regional Managing Partner for West Africa, Henry Egbiki, Director-General, Securities and Exechange Commission (SEC) Arunma Oteh OON, Collins Onuegbu, CEO Signal Alliance adn Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Olusegun Aganga during the award ceremony.
Pix 2: From left Adanma Onuegbu, Executive Director, Collins Onuegbu CEO, Michael Chinwuba, marketing and communications manager, Chinyere Azike all of Signal Alliance Limited at the award ceremony.