Vatebra, a new technology company positioned
as the backbone of major industries in Nigeria and beyond has been unveiled its
new corporate identity. Formerly known as Fleet Technologies Limited, VATEBRA
was recently launched at the Grand Ball Room of the Eko Hotel & Suites,
Victoria Island, Lagos amidst pomp and pageantry.
Speaking
as the guest speaker of the event, Dr. Doyin Salami of the Lagos Business
School who delivered a lecture titled: Beyond
Now-Nigeria without Oil, Prospect for Technology and Innovation said
Nigeria need Information Communication Technology (ICT) to drive the much
desired national development we all crave.
According to Dr. Salami, “Technology has become arguably, the fastest growing sector in Nigeria. In 2016 alone, ICT accounted for 10% of the total Nigerian Revenue, the highest in a decade and half.”
According to Dr. Salami, “Technology has become arguably, the fastest growing sector in Nigeria. In 2016 alone, ICT accounted for 10% of the total Nigerian Revenue, the highest in a decade and half.”
The erudite scholar added that recently, Nigeria ranked 121
out of 148 in the Global Innovation Index. With this in mind, he said Nigeria
needs to create necessary infrastructures to accelerate technological
innovations if truly the country is serious about matching up with the pace of
growth and development around the world. He also, noted that the launch of
VATEBRA is a great step towards achieving technological innovation in Africa.
The
high point of the event was the transition of the old Fleet Technologies
corporate logo to a new, dynamic and futuristic global brand identity called VATEBRA, which means backbone. With the
emergence of VATEBRA therefore, the economy of Sub Saharan Africa now has a
backbone upon which it can ride.
Mr. Kunle Akinniran, Managing Director of the company, in his
welcome speech stated that, “as a company, we have seen the evolution of
thoughts and ideas. Ideas that simplify the way we conduct business to how our
students register for examinations and check their results, we have seen how
the mobile device has become the first and last touch point for virtually every
young person in Nigeria today.”
He also explained that as one of Nigeria’s most innovative
ICT companies, VATEBRA has been at the forefront of championing innovative ICT
solutions that have helped automate many manual processes both in government
and private organizations.
On the part of the Deputy Managing Director of company, Mr.
Mike Aigbe, the organization is just getting started. “It is a common knowledge
that we as a nation depend on a mono source of revenue. The current plummeting
oil prices and the high level of volatility in that sector continue to strain
our economic prosperity. We must begin to explore means of converting our
social-capital, creative- capital and human-capital for economic prosperity.
Above all, seek ways to convert the opportunities available in technology and
innovation to solutions that benefit our people, he said.
The event attracted influential personalities from federal
government Agencies, multinational bodies and regulatory institutions like Registrar/CEO, NABTEB, Dr. Olatunde
Aworanti; Registrar, West African Examination Council (WAEC), Dr Iyi Uwadiae, The Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi and chairman of Chams Group, Demola Aladekomo amongst other notable figures.
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