The Deputy
Director Of KAYMU Nig, Mr. Evangeline Wiles has encouraged Nigerian entrepreneurs to
always test their solutions and ideas with their potential customers before
attempting to break into a new market.
He stated
this at a workshop in Lagos, had in attendance leading International internet technology
developmnent business giants, tagged: Technology Innovation Gap At Tech For
Africa Forum.
He stressed
the importance for young enterprenuers on the need that innovation is about
identifying a unique solution to an existing need.
Wiles, urged
them to assert innovative prowess becuase it’s an idea of improving on what has
already been created by someone else, which according to him is a uniques angle
to an existing idea or business model and executing it well.
His Word''
As a solution provider or business owner, the onus is on you to adapt the
business or solution to your local environment''.
Also
Speaking, Mr James Gibson of HelloFood Nig, and his counterpart in Africa Internet
Holding (AIH), Mr. Obi Ejimofo of Lamudi.Nig, outlined the key framework to start up a
successful business empire in Nigeria, with the help of ICT,
''Execution of
key for every start-up. Nigeria tech space is very large and there is more than
enough room for smart enterpreneurs to develop a plan, it doesnt matter if it's
inexistence, there will always be market for a well executed business paln;'
Gibson x-rayed.
According to
Ejimofo, “foreign investment has changed the local technology scene. While in
the past, local investors have focused on investments considered more tangible,
such as commodities and real estate, the significant rate of return on foreign
investments into ecommerce have triggered local investors to take the sector
more seriously.”
In His
contribution to the charge for Nigerian youths to take up the advantage inherent
in the cyber space for positive and innovatinve mechanism to nations
develoment, Mr. Christian Keller of Carmudi Nig,concluded by stating that ''the
internet industry is global by nature. A good mix of local and global talents
is as essential as a good mix of local and global funding to grow the Nigerian
stake in the global Internet ecosystem"
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