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VConnect pledges continue support for SMEs

By on February 18, 2014

Leading online business directory, VConncet has pledged continue support for the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, in Africa as it plans to extend it reach to Ghana.

Since its introduction in 2011, VConnect has revolutionize the process of accessing information especially in putting SMEs on the global map so those interested in their products and services can easily reach them.

“VConnect takes pride in being ranked 28th on the Alexa list. It is also worthy of mention that we are among the top 10 most visited Nigerian Sites, sitting at number one in our sector. Our ultimate ambition is to index businesses in every city in West Africa,” said co-founder and General Manager of VConnect, Mr. Deepanker Rustagi, in a recent chat with newsmen.

The company’s entry into the market has no doubt left positive footprints, following its strong level of acceptance which has seen it surpassing its target; the company’s website is the 7th most visited in the country with 950, 000 business listings after just 3 years of operations.

According to Deepanker, the lack of a formal system of street numbering and unavailability of a working postal system are some of the setbacks the company experiences. However, he stated that VConnect would not rest on its laurels until all SMEs in Nigeria are empowered and taken to the peak.

VConnect is also making plans towards extending its reach beyond the shores of Nigeria. By May, 2014 the company would pitch its tent in Ghana, where a similar shortfall of business information has been noticed.

“Africa is set to witness another new media powerhouse in a few years’ time, as VConnect will not only attend to all business information needs in Nigeria, but will become a Pan African solution provider,” said Deepanker.

He disclosed that VConnect developed a user-friendly mobile WAP site because statistics have shown that a huge percentage of website visits are done via the mobile phone. The company also recently launched her Android and Blackberry Applications.

On the company’s achievements so far, Deepanker recently said “due to the galloping development of ICT worldwide, SMEs in West Africa face the formidable task of surviving and competing in a global market, thus the presence of a local search engine like VConnect.com which has a wider reach, would help deliver unprecedented opportunities to the businesses.”

 

 

 

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