Leading technology solutions providers,
entrepreneurs and advocates in Nigeria gathered at the 2021 Titans of Tech Hall
of Fame Awards in Lagos, weekend to celebrate the best of the best in the
nation’s burgeoning ICT industry.
Titans of Tech Hall of Fame Awards is designed to celebrate Hi-tech most important movers and
shakers; pioneers, Innovators, men, women, organisations and institutions who blazed the
trail and used ICT to improve the way of life in our society. It is a
recognition of overall excellence, of unflinching commitment and a lifetime of
efforts in the service of ICT, humanity and Nigeria.
The TOT Awards is the authoritative yardstick
to measure performance in the West African ICT sector. It is also an avenue to
influence policy, network and connect with key industry players.
Infobip Nigeria, a global leader in
omnichannel communication emerged as one of the top gainers at the Titans of
Tech Awards 2021 as it carted away the prestigious “Outstanding Business
Communication Platform Provider of the Year Award.”
Mr. Olatayo Ladipo-Ajai, the firm’s Country
Manager was on hand to receive the award. Mr Olatayo is an astute information
technology executive with over fifteen years of experience in guiding
blue-chip, multinationals and Small-scale businesses in West Africa to acquire
cutting-edge technologies and implement new ideas on the path to the future. He
expressed profound appreciation to the organiser of the event noting that the
recognition would spit the firm to continue to seek for and deploy the best
solutions to have businesses thrive in the country.
Emerging electronic commerce giant, Konga, received
the Most Innovative eCommerce Company of the Year Award. Konga
is today a clear leader in the highly competitive Nigerian e-commerce market
showing that eCommerce can be profitable. The firm’s omnichannel structure in
which it operates both online and offline is one of the advantages that has
placed the company upfront and ahead of other players.
The firm has also expanded its reach with its
logistic platform Kxpress, established to resolve the perennial challenges of
logistics in the industry and indeed the country and KongaPay to ease
payment.
Konga was equally conferred with the Hero of COVID19 Pandemic
Award for its high-level emergency readiness and proactive
actions during the thick of the pandemic that kept it in business, with both
staff and customers interacting safely.
The “Telecom Company of the Year
Award” went to Medallion Communications; “Most Innovative Fibre
Optics Operator of the Year”, IPNX and the “Most Innovative Cloud
Storage Provider of the Year” was Cloud flex.
Other winners included Fibre One for
“Most Innovative Internet Service Provider of the Year”; TranterIT,
“Outstanding loT Provider of the Year” and ICSL, “Most
Innovative Broadband Infrastructure Provider of the Year Award”.
Trefoil Networks carted home the “Most
Innovative ICT Solutions Provider the Year”; Cedarview Communications,
“Enterprise Solutions Provider of the Year” and TechEconomy,
“Most Innovative Digital Media Platform of the Year”.
The top individual award, “Information
Security Personality of the Year”, went to Favour Femi-Oyewole, Group
Chief Information Security Officer at Access Bank Plc and “Outstanding
Humanitarian of the Year” was conferred on Engr. Anthony Onyokoko,
Director Civil/New Lines, Nigerian Railway Corporation.
There were also several special awards to
recognise individual contributions to the nation’s ICT space. It was tagged
Outstanding Contributions to ICT For National Development Award. The recipients
included Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, Yomi Soyinka, Onochie Amasiani, Aderemi
Adejumo, Tinuade Oguntuyi and Martins Amos.
Industry leaders, captians of Industry and
the media were on hand to witness the processing. Chris Uwaje, Oracle of the IT
Industry, Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani, President, Association of Telecommunications
Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Amos Emmanual, Chairman, Information Technology
Association of Nigeria (ITAN), Lagos chapter and founder Innovationbed Africa,
Lare Ayoola, Founder, TranterIT Group, Wale Kalejaiye, CEO, Impulse
Technologies, Onochei Amasiani, CEO Trefoil Networks, Wale Owoeye, CEO,
Cedarview Communications, Engr. Anthony Onyokoko, Director new lines, Nigeria
Railway Corporation, Martins Amos, President, CoopEast, Ministry of Commerce,
Rivers State Government, Olatayo Ladipo-Ajai, Country Manager, Infobip Nigeria,
Favour Femi Oyewole, Group head, Information Security department, Access Bank
PLC, and Hon. Dele Fasan, representative from the Lagos State government among
others.
