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Winners Emerge In The Visafone Promo |
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Fortune
smiled on six lucky subscribers on the Visafone network when
they emerged winners in the ongoing Visafone Fantastic Bonanza
12 cars in 12 weeks promo.
The winners were picked in the 2nd and 3nd raffle draws in
the series which held at the serene water front ambience of
the Civic Centre on Ozumba Mbadiwe, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The lucky subscribers who by their win have become owners
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new Kia Rio cars are Tawa
Longe with Visafone number 07026924075; Sikiru Sule Ayo with Visafone
number 07026903979 and Bukola Thomas with Visafone number 07025625500.
Others are Pastor Mrs. Florence N. Toby (07025634889), Mrs Zainab
Salami (07026808481) and Mr. Emeka Igenaka (07026457078).
The six lucky subscribers bring to eight the number of winners
picked so far in the promo which will run from October 13, 2008
and terminate on January 4, 2009.
Sikiru Sule Ayo, a meat seller at Yaba market was the cynosure of
all eyes as a team of Visafone management and staff drove to the
market to present him with his prize; a brand new Kia Rio saloon
car.
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To win in the promo,
which will run till January 4, 2008 all you need do is buy
and activate a Visafone handset and then ensure you recharge
with at least N400 weekly to qualify for the weekly draws.
For old subscribers all you need do is recharge with at
least N400 weekly.
Visafone, which has consummate banker and ICT philanthropist
Jim Ovia as founder, commenced commercial operations on February
22, 2008 and crossed the 1 million subscriber mark in an unprecedented
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currently has more than two million subscribers, garnered in less
than ten months of operation, and was recently voted Best Telecom
Brand of the Year 2008 in a Telecom News/Phillip Consulting survey. |
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| NIMN
Honours MTN |
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In continuation of its
winning streak, Nigeria's leading telecommunications company, MTN
has been awarded the National Award for Marketing Excellence (NAME)
in the GSM category by the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria
(NIMN). The award was presented to MTN by the President of the institute,
Chief Lugard E.A Aimiuwu as a climax of the 2008 edition of the
prestigious awards held in Lagos recently.
The NIMN instituted the awards with the sole objective of identifying,
recognising, rewarding and celebrating excellence in market practice
among the individual and corporate members of the institute. This
year's edition was unique in that the onus of identifying the best
marketing practice and the winners in the various categories was
left with consumers who are the target of such marketing initiatives
by various brands.
In this regard, ahead of this year's colourful award ceremony which
was graced by marketing professionals, captains of industry and
technocrats from across the country, the NIMN carried out a nationwide
consumer research on all brands marketed in Nigeria.
“Such brands which come under 22 categories cover capital
and consumer goods as well as physical products and services,”
said Mr. Uche Aligbe, Chairman, NAME 2008 organising committee.
In the estimation of the consumers, MTN came tops in the keenly
contested Global System for Mobile communications category.
It would be recalled that MTN had been similarly adjudged the best
brand in the telecommunications industry by the institute in 2005.
Many of the marketing initiatives of the company have variously
won accolades locally and internationally since the company began
commercial operation in Nigeria.
Last October MTN won two Gold awards, two Silver awards and three
Bronze awards at the Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF)
in the categories of the Best Press Advert (Corporate Image), Best
Press Advert (Telecom services), Best TV Commercial (Telecoms services),
Best Outdoor Communication, among others.
“We are very delighted to receive this endorsement from Nigerian
consumers and would like to reiterate our commitment to tirelessly
improve our offerings at the marketplace to justify the confidence
they have reposed in us,” said Mr. Bola Akingbade, Chief Marketing
Officer, MTN.
He also thanked the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria for
the catalytic role they are playing in enthroning best marketing
practices in Nigeria.
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Adenuga
is Pan-African Investor of the year
…As Glo wins five Awards at NITTA 2008 |
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Chairman
of Globacom, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. has been adjudged the Pan-African
Telecom Investor of the Year by the Nigerian Information Telecommunications
Technology Awards (NITTA), the highest telecoms quality and
performance Award in the country.
Its Group Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Mohamed Jameel, was
also voted as the Telecom CEO of the Year.
At the awards ceremony which held in Lagos, Dr. Adenuga's
company, Globacom, was named the Rural Access Phone Service
Provider of the Year, GSM Operator of the Year and the National
Telephone Operator of the Year; making Globacom the highest
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While applauding Dr. Adenuga
as the Pan African Telecom Investor of the Year, NITTA said that
the businessman had made Globacom the first single telecoms firm
in the region to test the 3G network, lay an undersea cable across
West Africa to Europe and launch the first nationwide optic fibre
transmission network.
On behalf of Globacom, Dr. Adenuga also signed a contract to install
West Africa's first wireless network based on Universal Mobile Telecommunication
Service/High Speed Packet Access (UMTS/HSPA) technology. “This
project will provide one million subscribers with state of the arts
mobile broadband services.” NITTA said.
Dr. Adenuga, it was noted, has taken Glo to Ghana and the Republic
of Benin, thereby setting the tempo of competition in the region,
which will automatically increase the quality of service along international
standard. “The region is definitely about to experience true
integration envisaged by the founding fathers of ECOWAS.”
Said NITTA.
In the citation on Glo as GSM Operator of the Year, the judges
of the award said that Glo Mobile has been at the forefront of revolutionary
changes in the GSM sector in Nigeria, offering both prepaid and
contract services along with a range of Value Added Services.
“Despite losing a two-year head start to competition, Glo
Mobile has in five years of operation become the fastest growing
GSM network in Africa, Asia and the Middle East and the third fastest
growing network in the world achieving more than 19 million subscribers.
Within this period, the network has earned the reputation of providing
a better coverage than competition put together wherever it is present,”
the citation read.
It also noted Glo Mobile's roaming partnership agreement with over
60 telecoms operators worldwide, whereby subscribers can travel
abroad and still have their mails pushed to their Blackberry devices
while on the move. “This is another unrivalled edge,”
it stated.
As Rural Access Phone Service Provider of the Year Globacom, was
commended for “deploying services into the rural underserved
areas of the country.” |
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| Biola
Adekanbi Is M-Net's Operations Director for Africa |
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M-Net has appointed
experienced international business expert Biola Adekanbi as
its new Channel Director, Africa with immediate effect. The
talented Nigerian has an impressive track record, with experience
in Marketing, Corporate Sponsorship and Educational strategy
at a global level.
A statement by Segun Fayose of the Corporate Communications
and Public Affairs department of MultiChoice Nigeria said
Adekanbi joins M-Net after a 5-year stint in New York at Sesame
Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind the
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series, Sesame Street.
There, she served in a number of roles including Educational Outreach
Project Manager, Corporate Sponsorship Manager and Regional Director,
International Strategies Group Sub-Saharan Africa.
Before joining Sesame Workshop, she was Marketing
and Campus Relations Manager at Daewoo Motors America, based in
Chicago, and Midwest Regional Marketing Manager at Bigwords.com
in San Francisco. A University of Cincinnati alumnus, Biola has
a degree in Public Health and Marketing.
M-Net CEO Patricia Scholtemeyer is delighted
that Adekanbi has joined the team. “It's a real coup for us
to have been able to lure Biola away from New York to take up this
exciting new role within the company,” she says. “M-Net
will be expanding its business in Africa significantly, and Biola's
wealth of international experience in the fields of business and
entertainment makes her the perfect person to spearhead this important
venture.”
Not content with a 24/7 career behind the scenes
at some of the world's biggest companies, Biola has also found time
to serve as a fellow at the Nigeria Leadership Initiative, be an
active member of the New York Women in Technology group and volunteer
at the French-American Children Aid Fun and New York Cares.
She is also a mentor at AIESEC (International
Exchange and Development Organization), an organisation which actively
contributes to the training and development of tomorrow's global
leaders through mentoring and training programs.
Biola is looking forward to the challenge of
expanding the channel's footprint in Africa. “I'm so pleased
to be back at home,” she says. “M-Net offered me a chance
I could not turn down and I'm excited to be able to contribute to
the development of the African television market!”
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Progenics
Wins Double
-Sets Global Targets for 2009 |
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In tandem with its recent
acclaim as a leader in the enterprise technology solutions arena
in Nigeria, frontline systems and solutions integrators in multiple
sectors of the economy, Progenics Corp limited has continued to
receive performance accolades. Within a space of three months, the
company has been awarded two (2) distinguishing awards as Best Software
Company in Nigeria for the year 2008 according to a release by Newswire
Nigeria.
First was the third consecutive back-to-back win of the Nigerian
IT and Telecom Awards (NITTA) as the Best Indigenous Software Company
of the year, and recently the Lagos Enterprise Awards (LEAD) in
collaboration with the Lagos State Ministry of Commerce and Industry
also awarded it the Best Software Company.
This was achieved after beating the likes of Socketworks and SystemSpecs
to the coveted award, making it the very first time any other company
will be recognised with two prestigious awards in the software genre
in the same year.
In an impressive ceremony held at the Aquatic hall Ikeja Lagos,
the organisers of the Lagos Enterprise Awards made it known that
the concept of LEAD, as the premier enterprise award that promotes
initiatives, leadership excellence and the culture of economic advancement
in the continent, is to recognise and reward innovators of excellent
ideas and organisations that are leading lights in the enterprise.
The award was instituted as a public-private-partnership project
by the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
in 2006 via a partnership agreement between the State Government's
Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Sainte Paul International
as event organisers.
On why Progenics deserves to be so recognised, the chief executive
officer of the company, Dr. Anthony Udoh, explained that the expertise
and professionalism of his firm over the years has made it the solution
provider of choice for the financial, oil/gas and public sectors
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This can be seen
by the plethora of specialised application solutions from
the company's stable like the GovAc (premium e-government
solution), and Symbols (a complete range of solutions for
investment management and financials) and SymbolsM (an integrated
solution for the micro-finance institutions).
This is in addition to the elaborate technical superiority
exhibited by the company in the complete automation of the
floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).
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IT solutions in the country
and beyond has always stood us out as solution providers of choice
so there is really no surprise that everyone will want to recognise
our achievements. Rather, it is more of a challenge for us to always
stay on top by doing what we do in the best possible global standards”,
he concluded.
In a related development, the management of
Progenics has said that it has concluded plans to formally open
its international office in the United States of America.
Making this known recently from their Lagos
office, the management of the company said that the idea behind
the new office is to properly define the international identity
of the company as well as positioning it to offer enterprise IT
solutions to a greater number of international clients.
The office is expected to be opened before the end of the year.
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| Nortel
Wins Spanish GSM-R Contract |
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Nortel has been selected
by Spain's national railway infrastructure company, ADIF, to implement,
operate and maintain a complete GSM-R radio communication solution
on the new Barcelona-Figueres high-speed line. The contract value
is estimated at over €21 million (US$27 million).
This new GSM-R project by ADIF links the Spanish Madrid-Barcelona
high-speed line with Figueres-Perpignan that crosses the Spanish
and French border. The international Figueres-Perpignan high-speed
line also has a GSM-R network deployed by Nortel. Consistency in
network technologies by Nortel ensures the interoperability of the
Spanish line network with the French and other European high-speed
railway networks.
The new high-speed line, planned for commercial operation in 2012,
will accommodate trains running at speeds of up to 350 km per hour.
The line has been designed not only for passenger traffic but also
for freight traffic originating or terminating at Barcelona.
“This contract is the first with ADIF for a high-speed line,
extending our global market leadership in GSM-R,” said Fernando
Valdivielso, vice president, Nortel Iberia. “Our experience
deploying GSM-R networks worldwide was a key factor for ADIF's decision
to award this contract to Nortel.”
The contract also includes a three-year network operation and maintenance
contract.
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