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CWG named WEF global growth company

By on May 14, 2014

CWG Plc, a Pan African systems integration company, has been selected as a World Economic Forum global growth company.

CWG was selected for this recognition based on the company’s phenomenal growth, global corporate citizenship, executive leadership and impact on the competitive landscape of the ICT industry in Africa, according to a statement by the firm on Monday.

The Managing Director and Head of the New Champions at the World Economic Forum, Mr. David Aikman, was quoted as saying, “When choosing entrants to our Community of Global Growth Companies, we assess companies on their business model, annual revenues and growth rates, executive leadership and market position. CWG is a dynamic group with clear potential to shape the future in its relevant business sector and so is a perfect fit to our GGC community.”

Commenting on the award, CWG’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Austin Okere, said that his company had gone through tremendous transformation in business model since inception in 1992, and was now focusing on providing services in the Cloud on a subscription basis for its teeming customers; a project he tags CWG 2.0.

He said, “Statistics show that there are about 17.7 million micro, small, and medium-scale enterprises in Nigeria today. If we could help each of them to build sufficient capacity to employ one more person, we shall create 17.7million additional jobs, enough to absorb all the 16 million unemployed youths in Nigeria with a generous surplus to spare.”

He expressed confidence that the model was sustainable, repeatable and scalable, and above all a social impact investment initiative directed towards empowering the African Entrepreneur.

 

 

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