Austin Okere,Founder/CEO Computer Warehouse Group Speaks on Building a Global Business in an Emerging Economy at the Columbia Business School.

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Austin Okere,Founder/CEO Computer Warehouse Group Plc.
Austin Okere,Founder/CEO Computer Warehouse Group Plc.

The Founder/CEO Computer Warehouse Group Plc, and Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), Columbia Business School (CBS), New York, Austin Okere, will be presenting a workshop titled:From Cradle to listing in an Emerging Economy, the CWG Experience on April 15th at Columbia Business School,New York.

Learn about the opportunities and challenges of crafting a coherent long-term strategy in a fast-changing emerging market economy. Share the experience of CWG PLC, navigating through the strategic gymnastics of innovation, raising capital and going public. In 20 years Austin has grown CWG into a $130 million revenue company, listing as the largest ICT security on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

Details of the workshop:

Lecture topic:From Cradle to Listing in an Emerging Economy: The CWG Experience
Date:April 15, 2014
Time:12:30-2:00PM.
Venue:Uris Hall Classroom 140,Columbia Business School,New York.
Register here to attend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Omeruo Ndukaku Kenneth is an Innovation Management expert,the CEO of Emerging Media,a new media company.He is a member of ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management and the US-Africa chamber of Commerce.He is the Founder of TechTrends Nigeria Blog,Nigeria Innovation Summit and the African Innovation Academy.Kenneth is a highly sought-after Internet Marketing Consultant who has through his seminars, articles, training and consulting, helped many organizations, Individuals, Businesses maximize the Internet for business purposes.Kenneth has also being featured as a guest on the TV show TODAY ON STV Nigeria and on Bloomberg Africa TV.He is the author of the best –selling Internet Book: How To Create Unlimited Internet Wealth.

He is a syndicated columnist with the following Newspapers in Nigeria: Daily Independent, Financial Standard, PUNCH, BusinessDay, and Sun.Kenneth organises the EduNet Conference for Universities in Nigeria. Kenneth is a member of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria( ISPON ) Roundtable For Capacity Development in Nigeria,member pre-selection committee for Nigeria at the UN World Summit Awards,a Panelist for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria(YouWIN)-a Federal government initiative created by the ministry of finance,supported by ministries of Communications Technology,Youth Development,Worldbank and DFID.

A 2013 Judge at the Google Cloud Developers Challenge for Sub Saharan Africa.He has been a contributing editor of Nigeria Communications Week,Africa Telecom and IT Business Magazine,ICT Today magazine,M2 magazine.Kenneth has been invited to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum, Oracle Open World Conference USA, Oracle Cloud World Dubai, and GITEX Dubai.

He now lives in New York with his family and presently working on an Open Innovation project for Nigeria.
You can contact Kenneth through email: [email protected]

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