Signal Alliance MD, Collins Onuegbu, makes finalist in E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award

The managing director of frontline Nigerian IT Solutions Company Signal Alliance, Mr. Collins Onuegbu has emerged as this year’s finalist in the just concluded Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award 2013 in the Master Category for the Nigeria and West African sub-region. Speaking at the award ceremony held penultimate week at the prestigious Eko Hotel Lagos, the Minister of Trade, Olusegun Aganga, elaborated on the many benefits of events such as the Ernst and Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the need to celebrate entrepreneurs as they boost the economy by their business initiatives which provide employment amongst many other.

Ernst & Young’s Regional Managing Partner for West Africa, Mr. Henry Egbiki, who described the award as “the most prestigious award that recognizes entrepreneurs across the world,” said finalists and winners of the award emerged after an extensive and intensive process.

Nominated alongside two other leading lights in the emerging entrepreneur category, Collins Onuegbu who narrowly lost to the eventual winner Engr. Femi Akintunde of Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services Ltd, is among the very few entrepreneurs in the indigenous ICT sector to be so nominated.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Nominees are 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/Global  Impact, Innovation, Personal Integrity and Influence. Reacting to the news of his nomination for the award, Mr. Onuegbu enthused that it was a most humbling manifestation of the giant strides made by the company over the years.

Signal Alliance has, for the past 17years 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. Collins Onuegbu, a graduate of University of Nigeria Nsukka, has been the CEO of the company since inception.

Marketing World Awards 2013: Konga.com gets four Nominations

One of Nigeria’s Largest Online Malls, Konga.com has been nominated in four categories in this year’s Marketing World Awards. The Award ceremony night which takes place on November 8, 2013 at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island is a platform for the Marketing Industry to demonstrate and celebrate advances made in the key areas of digital, experiential, media, stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility and creativity. 

MWA 2013 tagged “Celebrating brands that work passionately & timelessly” will celebrate brands like Konga.com, Etisalat, Guinesss, Samsung, Techno, Toyota, etc that have powered marketing innovations in Nigeria. Konga.com has been nominated in the following categories;

·                     Online Retailer of the year.

·                     Best Use of Social Media

·                     Best Company in Customer Care.

·                     Emerging Brand of the Year(Fastest growing brand)

This is coming on the heels of the launch, penultimate month, of Konga’s unveiling of its 120,000 sqr feet fulfillment centre, the biggest of any single online retailer in Africa.

Konga.com, an online retailer which launched in July 2012 is gradually becoming “the everything store” with its wide selection of products via its marketplace and fulfillment by Konga platforms, giving Nigerian businesses the opportunity to come online and consumers the opportunity to shop online.

In just one year of operations, KONGA has laid solid foundations of a retail, technology and logistics company, building a system by which buyers and sellers can find each other, providing unprecedented levels of retail convenience, choice and customer satisfaction.

A statement from Ifeanyi Abraham, Public Relations Strategist at KONGA says; “This is all about our customers as they are the reason why we are number one in Nigeria today. Logistics is the bedrock of any successful retailer, and today marks a turning point in our business and for Nigeria as a whole.  With this new distribution centre we are demonstrating our commitment ‎to powering retail in Nigeria by building a company that Nigerians will be proud to use and associate with around the world. We are also creating new jobs, introducing new skill sets and exposing Nigerians to a new way of life.

The last twelve months have been a roller coaster year for Team Konga, with the online retailer achieving several milestone achievements, celebrating its one year anniversary, getting verified by Facebook and twitter, etc.