Technology Times Media Limited has announced plans to host the inaugural edition of its Technopreneurship Breakfast Meetings, a monthly gathering to share technology thoughts, ideas and innovations that drive efficiency, productivity and profitability for the Small & Medium Business (SMB) sector of the Nigerian economy.
The Technopreneurship Breakfast Meeting is hosted by Technology Times Conferences & Events, the Technology Times subsidiary promoting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) thought leadership events in partnership with partners with operators and organisation across the ICT ecosystem in Nigeria.
Bukky Awonusi, head of Corporate Services of Technology Times Media Limited and Programmes Director, Technopreneurship Breakfast Meetings, commented that, “in recent times, TechnoPreneurship has becomes an increasingly important theme due to its strategic importance in delivering growth potentials to businesses that leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) in running their businesses.”
According to her, the inaugural Technopreneurship Breakfast Meeting on the theme “Role of Technopreneurship in Driving Business Growth for SMBs” will refocus key strategies that the growing SMB ecosystem can leverage that will have multiplier effects of fostering innovation, job creation and economic growth across the Nigerian economy.
“Our key target is to work with partners to ensure that no less than 10,000 operators in the SMB community in Nigeria will benefit from experts insight and thought leadership to assist them leverage technology processes and services in achieving efficiency, productivity and profitability in their businesses”, according to Awonusi.
The inaugural edition of the Technopreneurship Breakfast Meeting, billed to hold Tuesday September 24, 2013 in Lagos, will gather key players from Ikeja Computer Village, a thriving community of retail ecosystem for technology products and services across Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
Ikeja Computer Village also occupies a unique position as a veritable driver of market trends in the Nigerians and West African technology retail market as the market cluster shapes and defines market buying trends for technology products and services ranging from mobile phones to computers, among others.
Commenting further, the Programmes Director for Technopreneurship Breakfast Meetings says that, “we expect that attendees and participants shall gain useful insights to enable them leverage ICTs in driving their business growth under an overall vision to stimulate growth of businesses in Corporate Nigeria.”
According to her, “our inspired vision is to enable the fast-growth Small and Medium Business (SMB) ecosystem to gain enriching ideas, insights and experiences from ICT thought leaders in industry and government; Solutions Providers and CEOs of successful companies.”
Under the plan, Technology Times has unveiled a new platform for technology industry players to drive their growth on its online platform which has been upgraded into a converged news and information hub for the Nigerian ICT sector following the acquisition of the unique top level domain name, www.technologytimes.ng