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.