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Vodacom, NCC get BoICT recognision

By on April 30, 2014

Vodacom Business Nigeria’s contribution to business connection and enablement in Nigeria has been recognised at the Beacon of ICT Awards in Lagos.

Vodacom emerged winners in enterprise solutions provider of the year and the cloud service provider of the year categories at the event held on Saturday.

The regulator of the country’s telecoms industry, Nigerian Communications Commission, also emerged as the regulator of the year, a statement by the organisers on Monday stated.

The BoICT Awards is an annual ceremony, which recognises stakeholders, contributions and commitment to the growth of the Nigerian ICT industry.

According to the convener of the award and Editor-in-Chief, Communications Week, Mr. Ken Nwogbo, this year, over 250, 307 Nigerians had voted in different categories.

According to him, the Nigerian ICT industry has continued to see huge growth over the years, and only players that are innovative and forward-looking will continue to drive their relevance.

The guest speaker at the event and Managing Director/CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, urged ICT firms to leverage the opportunity in the nation’s capital market to raise funds that would boost their operations and cause them to expand.

Receiving the award, the Managing Director of Vodacom Business Nigeria, Mr. Guy Clarke, said, “We are honoured to receive this award; as a customer centric organisation, we are passionate about our customers’ businesses and we will continue to support them with enterprise-class communications solutions to help them to grow their businesses.”

In the same vein, the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, who represented the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Eugene Juwah, said the NCC would continue to ensure that all stakeholders in the telecoms industry were well protected so that the best returns accrued to the industry.

He urged all operators to play by the rules, stressing that the commission would not hesitate to address the excesses of any operator found wanting in the course of growing the industry.

 

 

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