A presentation by Mr. Austin Okere, Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, Computer Warehouse Group Plc, at the Ministry of Communications and Technology annual Retreat 2016.

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Mr. Austin Okere,
Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, CWG Plc
Friday, January 22, 2016
Accelerating Wealth and Job
Creation in Nigeria through ICT
Skills and Capacity Development

2. Talking Points
 The job problem
 ICT and jobs
 Creating jobs with ICT
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The jobs problem

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5. The jobs problem
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0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
USA
India
ICT Contribution to Job creation and GDP in
countries around the world
Legend Contribution to GDP in % Jobs created in 10,000

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
2012-2014
2016-2020
Source: NITDA
Contribution to GDP(%)
Jobs creation(millions)
ICT Jobs Creation In Nigeria

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Jobs Inside ICT Enterprises
Content
Marketers
Software
Developers
Call centre
Operators
Support
services
Implementatio
n
Manufacturing Business
Management

9. Invest in ICT Entrepreneurs
 Provide funding options
for new ICT enterprises
 Fund ICT incubation
hubs to nurture new
ideas
 Give special intervention
aids to existing ICT firms
for R&D and inventions
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Creating The Jobs in ICT
Businesses

10. Invest in ICT Entrepreneurs
 High Mortality rate. 90%
or more of startups fail.
 ICT startups tend to be
small in size ~ 10-20
employees
 Scaling those that
survive quickly require
considerable capital e.g.
Uber 10
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Creating The Jobs in ICT
Businesses

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Jobs In ICT enabled
Businesses
Operations
Personnel
Management
staff
Sales
Personnel
Service
personnel

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The Virtuous Jobs Circle
IT Enabled
Business
ICT Business
Service
Personnel

13. Invest in ICT to Enable Existing Businesses
 Promote ICT for growth in
micro, small and medium
enterprises – microfinance,
retail, agriculture, health, light
manufacturing, transport
 Empower MSME’s with ICT
solutions developed by ICT
enterprises.
 Build out the support
ecosystem with franchisee
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Creating Jobs In ICT enabled
Businesses

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34,600,000Number of SMEs in
Nigeria (2014)
If each one adds 1 staff
because ICT has made
business grow 34,600,000 Jobs
Creating Jobs In ICT enabled
Businesses

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34,600,000Number of SMEs in
Nigeria (2014)
There is a need for 1
support personnel per
100
340,600 Jobs
Creating Jobs In ICT enabled
Businesses

16. Build The Employable Skill Base
 Equip the universities and
tertiary institutions to produce
basic ICT skills – for instance
re-activate NgRen
 Sponsor training of ICT
entrepreneurs to be able to
support MSME ICT usage
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17. CWG as a Case Study
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Mr. Austin Okere, Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, CWG Plc
speaking on the role of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) at the World Economic Forum Conference in Dalian, China

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Mr. Austin Okere, Founder and Executive Vice-Chairman, CWG Plc
rigging the closing gong to signify close of transactions on the floor of the
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)

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Former Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission
(NCC), Mr. Ernest Ndukwe commissioning the CWG Tier 3 Data Centre in
Lagos

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The commissioning of the MTN Xaas platform. A solution that powers
the MTN Diamond Yello Account

22. CWG Academy

23. CWG/MTNXaaS

24. CWG OpenMall

25. CWG SMERP

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The virtuous jobs circle with CWG
IT Enabled Business
(34 million MSME
jobs)
ICT Business
Service Franchisees
(340000)

27. In Summary
 More jobs will be created if we enable our
MSMEs to grow through use of ICT
 We need to direct some of the MSME funds and
venture capital funds to fund MSME acquisition
of sustainable ICT
 We need to enable our tertiary schools produce
ICT job ready graduates
 We need to partner with companies like CWG.
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