Friday, December 15th 2017 witnessed a night of celebration,
recognition, sonorous music, world-class entertainment and an abundance of
choice wines and food as Technology Distributions Ltd. (TD Africa), Sub-Saharan
Africa’s biggest ICT distributors, continued its tradition of putting on an
unrivalled show of glamour in celebrating its partners and customers.
Considering the calibre of attendees and exclusive nature of
the occasion, the impressive Eko Hotel & Suites, venue of Celebrating You 2017, indeed proved a
fitting location.
An exclusive guest list of gaily-dressed men and women – made
up of, not only stakeholders in the technology eco-system, but spotting
dignitaries drawn from virtually every sector of Nigeria’s corporate
superstructure: captains of industries, bank CEOs, technocrats and several
heavyweights from the public and private sector, were in attendance.
Leading the roll call was the Special Guest of Honour and
former Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson; Chairman,
Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh; Chairman of Heirs Holdings, United Bank for Africa,
Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu; Chairman,
Board of Directors, Technology Distributions Ltd., Prof. Anya O. Anya; Chief
Executive Officer/ Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Nigeria; Nnamdi Okonkwo;
Group Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank Plc., Roosevelt Michael Ogbonna and
Managing Director, Yudala Nigeria, Wole Ogundare, among many others.
The night, however, belonged to the Country
Managers/representatives of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) including
Hewlett Packard, Huawei, Microsoft, Intel, DellEMC, Lenovo, HP Enterprises, APC
by Schneider, NOKIA, Cisco, Zinox, etc. and the numerous partners of TD, well
represented in the expansive hall, to whom various categories of awards and
recognitions were handed out.
Among the awardees were SPAR Nigeria (i-Life Partner of the
Year); Lavideepu Nigeria Ltd. (Online Partner of the Year); Task Systems Ltd.
(Legacy Award); SLOT Systems Ltd. (TD Mobile Partner of the Year); TOBEST
Computers Ltd. (Mainstream Partner of the Year); Blueprint Business Tech
(Solutions Partner of the Year); Lawnick Computer Concepts (Rising Star Award);
NOKIA (OEM of the Year); Yudala (Partner of the Year) and Confidence Cargo Ltd.
(Vendor of the Year).
Also honoured was a long list of partners recognized for
their outstanding payment behaviour.
In her speech at the event, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), TD
Africa, Mrs. Chioma Ekeh, showered encomiums on the company’s partners and OEMs
for their resilience, and unwavering loyalty to TD, especially in a challenging
year which saw the country exit its first full recession in 25 years.
“In the course of the recession, the capacity of virtually every
Nigerian business was tested to its breaking point. In addition to the negative
growth which was an attendant feature of the contraction in the economy,
foreign exchange encumbrances saw many businesses face a herculean battle to
meet up with their numerous obligations. Many businesses went belly up; others
fell by the wayside. Today, we celebrate you, ladies and gentlemen, for
standing tall and surmounting the storm.
“For the resilience, the tenacity, the drive, the unwavering
determination, the creative nous and the sheer but uncommon ability to navigate
what was undoubtedly the most difficult period in Nigeria’s recent business
history, we salute you!”
According to Mrs. Ekeh, TD will not relent in leading from
the front, especially in the task of technological emancipation for the African
continent.
“These are exciting times for all of us in the business of
technology, especially with the tantalizing global innovations afoot in the
sector – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cryptocurrencies,
Internet of Things, Robotics, Driverless cars, Virtual Reality, among others;
disruptive technologies that will radically impact the future of work and how
we do business. As always, you can count on TD to remain in the forefront of
these innovations and delivering them to our continent,” she enthused.
A night of sublime entertainment, Celebrating You 2017 also featured a strong cast of A-list artistes
led by Runtown, Dr. Sid and Zoro - who turned up with his native dancers and
masqueraders, with each guest artiste struggling to out-do the other in seeing
who will make the guests dance and party the hardest.
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