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Samsung Expands Nigerian Footprint with Opening of Customer Service Plaza in Allen

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Samsung Electronics West Africa has continued to solidify its presence in Nigeria, especially in its engagement with the customers.

L-R: Subash Sehgal, Technical Head, MGS; Charlie Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Nigeria; Hassan Mehdi, Managing Director, MGS, and Ibukun Adewole, Head of Department, Samsung Service, during the official commissioning of Samsung Customer Service Centre at Allen Avenue, Lagos on Thursday, March 02, 2023.

The leading global consumer electronic company on Thursday, March 02 2023 opened a new, premium service centre strategically located in the heart of Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State.

Samsung’s new Customer Service Plaza (CSP) launched in partnership with MGS provides customers with instant access to service, repairs and enquiries on Samsung’s full range of audio-visual, mobile and computing devices in a standalone location.

The centre is manned by highly-trained engineers and also holds genuine spare parts for Samsung’s range of mobile devices, premium and ultra-high definition televisions, microwave ovens, air conditioning units and refrigerators, among other appliances.

The Samsung Service centre also serves as a training facility for Samsung device users and provides visitors with holistic lifestyle consulting services, including on-the-spot software upgrades and information on how to make the best use of Samsung’s smart ecosystem by utilizing accessories, content and service offerings that are available from the company.

L-r: Ibukun Adewole, Head of Department, Samsung Service; Hassan Mehdi, Managing Director, MGS; Mrs. Olanibi Olumide- Fusika, Managing Director, Fussytech Phone; Charlie Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Nigeria, and Subash Sehgal, Technical Head, MGS, during the official commissioning of Samsung Customer Service Centre at Allen Avenue, Lagos on Thursday, March 02, 2023.

L-R: Ibukun Adewole, Head of Department, Samsung Service; Hassan Mehdi, Managing Director, MGS; Mrs. Olanibi Olumide- Fusika, Managing Director, Fussytech Phone; Charlie Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Nigeria, and Subash Sehgal, Technical Head, MGS, during the official commissioning of Samsung Customer Service Centre at Allen Avenue, Lagos on Thursday, March 02, 2023.

The Allen Service Centre is the latest in the series of Samsung’s roll out of start-of-the-art service centres all over Nigeria.

Speaking at the launch of the service centre, Charlie Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Nigeria, re-echoed the company’s determination to providing its customers with an exciting and enriching consumer brand experience.

He said that Samsung remains ever grateful to the loyal customers in Nigeria and happy to deliver premium after-sales support to them.

“The opening of this centre is another testament to Samsung’s belief in the economy of Nigeria and our means of bringing after-sales support to our customers”, Lee said.

Samsung launches customer centre in Allen

Samsung launches customer centre in Allen

“Our customers in this neigbourhood can enjoy peace of mind and rest assured that a Samsung service centre that can handle both major and minor repairs for their mobile and computing devices, as well as their consumer electronics and home appliances, is just around the corner.”

At the event, Ibukun Adewole, Head of Service, Samsung Nigeria further reiterated the brand’s commitment to industry leading service for Samsung’s esteemed customers.

“Samsung has developed a plethora of differentiated services and value additions, available to customers through our partners, aimed at providing the best experience through the entire customer journey”.

“Furthermore, this center is one of many across the country, uniquely equipped to support our customer experience”, he stated.

Featuring a broad range of services, the new Samsung Service Centre provides Nigerians with a premium service experience, showcasing Samsung’s unassailable leadership in technology innovation.

In addition to conducting immediate repairs, Hassan Mehdi, Managing Director of MGS, said the centre boasts a sales zone and display area for customers to view, experience and buy the latest range of premium products.

Subash Sehgal, Technical Head, MGS, one of Samsung’s partners, described the opening of the new service centre as a platform for Samsung, together with its partners to provide its customers with end-to-end solutions from product purchase to delivering on their after-sales expectations.

 L-r: Ibukun Adewole, Head of Department, Samsung Service; Charlie Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Nigeria; Chika Nnadozie, Marketing Lead, Samsung Nigeria, and Subash Sehgal, Technical Head, MGS, during the official commissioning of Samsung Customer Service Centre at Allen Avenue, Lagos on Thursday, March 02, 2023.


L-r: Ibukun Adewole, Head of Department, Samsung Service; Charlie Lee, Managing Director, Samsung Nigeria; Chika Nnadozie, Marketing Lead, Samsung Nigeria, and Subash Sehgal, Technical Head, MGS, during the official commissioning of Samsung Customer Service Centre at Allen Avenue, Lagos on Thursday, March 02, 2023.

In addition to being open every day of the week, except Sundays, customers also have the option of calling to request service through Samsung’s dedicated contact centre.

Sehgal said that customers can be assured of repairs for their phones, for instance, within an hour of paying a visit to the Centre.

Samsung specializes in the production of a wide variety of consumer and industry electronics, including appliances, digital media devices, semiconductors, memory chips, and integrated systems.

Samsung has these following services fully running in Nigeria right now;

  • 24 Month Warranty (Nigeria)
  • Samsung Care Plus
  • Quick Repair & Online Service Tracking
  • In Home Service
  • Dedicated Contact Centre [0800-SAMSUNG (0800-7267864)]
  • Dedicated WhatsApp Channel (0800-7267864)
  • Original Service Parts
  • Free Delivery & Installation Service

 The company inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies, redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems and semiconductor and LED solutions.


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Dufil Prima Foods Brings Relief to Indigent Families in Abeokuta

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Dufil Prima Foods, makers of Indomie instant noodles, in partnership with the Human Rights and Grassroots Development Society, extended its goodwill to the shores of Abeokuta, Ogun state, at a product distribution event on Tuesday 24 April, where cartons of Indomie noodles were distributed to the underprivileged, as part of its ongoing efforts to support families worst hit by the ongoing economic hardship.

The event which saw a thousand vulnerable families go home with a carton of Indomie each, individuals present were also provided with cooked noodles to help relieve their immediate hunger.

The outreach had in attendance members of the disabled community, orphans, widows, the elderly, pregnant women, and vulnerable families.

The outreach is in alignment with the brand’s goal to feed two million consumers across various cities and communities in Nigeria, by collaborating closely with recognized NGOs to ensure that only the most vulnerable persons in the various cities and communities are invited and given a carton of Indomie and a fresh bowl of the nourishing tasty noodles.

The event was graced with the presence of notable dignitaries including the representative of the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State, Mrs. Wonuola Kassim; the Ogun State Chapter Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Hammeed-Bello Aderinola; a representative of the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Superintendent Adeoye Adejoke Asake; the Chairman of the Ogun State Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Venerable (Dr.) Samson Kunle Popoola, Chairman of the Peace Initiative Network, Dr. Femi Sodipo , and Trace PRO, CDR. Babatunde Akinbiyi, amongst others.

Mrs. Wonuola Kassim in her keynote address, commended the efforts of Dufil Prima Foods Ltd, and acknowledged that this was not the company’s first CSR initiative as she recalled that it had embarked on a similar venture in 2020.

“This program cannot be more timely than a time like this, when to feed becomes very difficult for most people. This is the kind of gesture which would linger for ages in the hearts of the beneficiaries. The objective of the palliative distribution is to alleviate the hardship faced by the citizens due to the recent removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government”, she said.

Speaking in the same vein, Popoola of the PCRC said: “We believe in PCRC that food security and eradication of hunger will go a long way in reducing the level of criminality in our society. What we have seen today is a conscious effort on the part of the organisers to see to the eradication of poverty, eradication of hunger and to support the food security initiative of the Government”.

Other dignitaries present also expressed their gratitude for Indomie and the organisers of the event, the Human Rights and Grassroots Development Society. They commended their efforts for taking the right steps to ensure that families across the country are catered for in these challenging times.

Indomie Instant Noodles remains steadfast in its quest to provide satisfaction and put smiles on the faces of families across Nigeria.


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Defending the foundations for connectivity

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By Engr. Gbenga Adebayo

In 2001, when the first GSM call was made in Nigeria how many of us would have envisaged the digital world that we live in today? The pace of growth and the rate of adoption of telecoms solutions in Nigeria has been revolutionary. It is a globally acknowledged case study that we should be proud of and a clear demonstration of what can be achieved.

Almost all of us today are reliant on the network connectivity that it has enabled in different shapes and forms. From the simple need to communicate with loved ones, to the digital platforms that enable our access to and consumption of entertainment, financial products and other critical services. Our reliance on these systems is becoming more and more acute, whether it is citizens, governments, or corporations. System downtime is increasingly disruptive and offline manual redundancies are often in the advanced stages of being phased out. The pace of this transition is not slowing down. With the core infrastructure in place, innovation is driving the exponential growth of services that ride on it. From the fully adopted social media that has changed the way we interact, to the emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution.

While this innovation is enabling exciting new possibilities, there is a tendency to focus on those opportunities, to the detriment of the core infrastructure on which it rides. It is imperative that we retain a focus on the optimisation of that infrastructure and enable continued investment in its development. We have seen how the transition from 2G, through to 3G, 4G and 5G have each enabled the development of more and more sophisticated solutions.

The continued development of core infrastructure has to be sustainable, and over the last few months we have begun to see the challenges that the operators that provide it are facing. Both MTN and Airtel have declared significant foreign exchange (FX) losses in Nigeria, and the stress is not linked to them alone. The entire ecosystem is battling with a range of challenges that must be addressed. If we fail to do so, the downstream impact on innovation will be severe. Telecoms infrastructure requires a base level of investment to maintain its current capabilities, and significant additional investment to expand and grow. It is capital intensive and that capital has to be generated through sustainable business models.

At the heart of the challenge the industry faces is the issue of rising costs. Recent financial losses are directly linked to the cost of operating towers that rely on inputs like diesel, which have increased significantly as the Naira has depreciated. The provisions large telecom companies have had to make, and the consequent losses and impact on their reserves is a red flag. It tells us that business as usual is not sustainable. If we continue as we are, then those companies will struggle to continue to invest in and maintain existing services.

But those costs are not the only challenge. General cost inflation, multiple taxation, regular and damaging vandalisation of infrastructure and the costs associated with regulatory compliance all help contribute to the high cost of operations. We cannot continue to follow a path that asks those companies to simply accept those rising costs. It is no longer sustainable, and we have reached an inflection point.

This is a critical moment for the industry. How we approach and resolve it will define the future of Nigeria’s digital economy. If you want to be able to enjoy the benefits that digitisation brings. If we want the infrastructure that enables AI and helps us drive growth, then we must take action now.

Cost-reflective tariffs, like it or not, are simply non-negotiable. We have seen the impact of price controls in other segments of the economy, like power. If providers cannot operate sustainable business models, then they stop investing. When that happens, the existing infrastructure starts to crumble. For power, a consumer can choose to take ownership of the solution by buying a generator, or a solar panel. For fuel, the government can step in as the provider of last resort and manage a subsidy regime that mitigates the impact on the population. Those options are not available in the telecoms sector. There is no self-help solution.

We fully understand and appreciate the financial stress that Nigerians are experiencing today. The cost of living is the single most significant factor in most people’s daily lives. But those people are still able to enjoy the benefits that connectivity brings, at the price they paid before these challenges became so acute. Imagine a future in which the gains of the last twenty years are reversed. Nigeria, and Nigerians simply cannot afford it. The pain that we would feel under those circumstances would be exponentially worse.

We need to find a long-term, sustainable and manageable solution to this problem. Prices will need to rise, but action needs to be taken in a measured way, through sustainable conversations and partnership with the government. It is time to address this head on.

Engr. Gbenga Adebayo is the Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON)


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LCCI Urges FG to Simplify Trade Procedures to Boost Economy

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The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the government needs to simplify and harmonize trade procedures and address bottlenecks in order to boost economic growth in the country.

President of LCCI, Mr. Gabriel Idahosa, gave the charge at a Quarterly media briefing on the State of the Economy yesterday in Lagos.

He said that the government has to create an atmosphere that promotes export growth and competitiveness, which is projected to boost export earnings, raise domestic revenue, improve citizens’ welfare, and increase business productivity.

“We recommend that reforms must include simplifying and harmonizing trade procedures as well as addressing bottlenecks such as port logistics, congestion, and transportation costs. This is expected to position the country as the commercial centre of the region and a springboard into regional value chains,” he stated.

On managing the persistent high inflation, the LCCI president said both monetary and fiscal authorities should focus on the factors driving the inflation rates by tackling the supply-side deficiencies instead of focusing too much attention on the demand-side management.

“We urge the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue with its foreign exchange (forex) market reforms with intense discipline, as the high exchange rate against the naira is a major driver of the skyrocketing inflation rates.”

Idahosa acknowledged the improvement in the naira exchange rate in the last few days, moving towards the level of N1000 per dollar or lower.

“CBN needs to sustain its policy and regulatory reforms in the FX market, adopt policies that would attract more FX inflow into the economy as well as build market confidence in the performance of the FX market,” he added.

 


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