ISON Group, the leading Customer Experience Management provider in the Africa, Middle East and ASEAN region, offering systems integration, managed services, BPO and strategic outsourcing solutions using end-to-end IT services, has further reinforced its presence in Nigeria with the announcement of three additional ISON BPO Call Centres.

ISON has also indicated interest  in other service offerings through “ISON Technologies and ISON Investments”.

ISON Group is registered in Africa and has presence in 25Sub-Saharan African countries.

ISON BPO,which provides Call Center Outsourcing services, has over 7,000 employees across 12 countries, in which 4,500 employees are in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ISON BPO is the largest BPO Companyin Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the countries ISON BPO operates in includes Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. In 2015, the company plans to add nine more centers with an additional 5,000 employees in this region.

Since its establishment in Nigeria, ISON has employed 1,300 people, of which 99% are Nigerians.

Its key clients in Nigeria include Airtel and AIICO.

ISON Technologies is equally a Pan African Outsourcing player, providing end to end IT services and solutions across Africa, Dubai and the Middle East.

ISON Innovation and Investments (I3) focuses on driving consumer internet businesses in Africa.

Through this initiative, we embark on a new journey to help entrepreneurs from the internet fraternity.

Collectively, ISON Group has on ground presence in 25 African countries as well as the Middle East, and ASEAN regions.

The ISON Group offers BPO services through ISON BPO.  The robust BPO services infrastructure is built on global delivery framework to deliver voice, non-voice and other knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) servicesthrough local presence and on-shore/remote support,leading to superior customer experience, highly satisfied customers and growth in business. 

The services are offered to all business sectors including Telecoms, Retail, Aviation, Government, Oil&Gas, Banking and Financial Services.

The company has committed to setting up four state-of-the-artfacilities in Ibadan,Abeokuta, Ilorin, and Kano.It plans to employ about 4,000 employees in these call centers with an additional investment of $20 million this year. 

ISON BPO has excellentCall Centre facilities around the worldincluding one in Ibadan and plans to recreate the same standards everywhere in Nigeria.

ISON BPO is known for its ability to deliver cost-effective outsourcing solutions to its clients, globally, thus enabling its’ clients to focus on growing and developing their key business mandates. 

Their focus on employee training and capability development means that they are able to train & develop their staff to world-class standards.

Mr. Ramesh Awtaney, founder and chairman, ISON Group said, “Unlike most BPO and Tech service companies which take work & jobs to IP, we have pioneered reversing the trend by taking the IP to the work without compromising on world-class quality. As part of our core strategy, we have invested in developing local systems and empowering local talent to foster a better future for the African continent. We do not outsource local work outside of Africa.”

Global CEO of ISON BPO,Mr. Pravin Kumar comments on their expansion in Nigeria thus, “Nigeria has a huge potential for growth and development, especially with the availability of strong, vibrant and talented workforce. One of our visions for Nigeria is to upskill &develop local human talent thus enablingthe countrybecome an Offshore Call Center hub which willadd significant value to our customers, internally and externally.It should not be difficult to create 25,000 jobs in 1 to 2 years in this space and generate export revenue of around US$ 400 million in same. It can then grow from there.”

ISON Group main line of business includes Consulting and Systems Integration Services, Managed Services, and Outsourcing Services.

ISON BPO offers IT enabled outsourcing services including Call Center and Back Office services across verticals namely: Communications Service Providers, BFSI, Government, Retail and Aviation Sectors.

ISON Technologies is a pan-African system integrator, managed service provider and strategic outsourcing player providing end-to-end IT services and solutions across the continent with an on the ground presence in 25 African and Middle Eastern countries to Communications Service Providers, Tower Infrastructure Providers, BFSI, Government, Retail, Aviation and Oil & Gas segments.

ISON Innovation and Investments (I3) has been created to focus on driving consumer internet businesses in Africa.

Through this initiative, we embark on a new journey to help entrepreneurs from the internet fraternity.

It enables and inspires ambitious entrepreneurs by providing capital, enablement and other strategic inputs across Africa for building businesses. Several opportunities in this space are being evaluated.