Okere, CWG Boss to Speak @ Economist’s Nigeria Summit

Mr. Austin Okere, founder and CEO of the Computer Warehouse Group, a Pan African Systems Integrator with annual revenue of over $120m shall be speaking at the Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2013 on March 19- 20 in Lagos.

The summit will bring together one hundred and fifty senior figures: government leaders, CEOs from major African and international corporations, leading investors as well as independent commentators and experts for a series of discussions around Nigeria's transformation and the commercial opportunities emerging within this dynamic economy.
 
The Economist Group has a reputation for intellectual integrity, independence and clarity which enables the attraction of an audience of very senior decision-makers.

Okere shall be joining a high profile panel of Nigeria’s most successful self-made business people in conversation with the latest generation of young African entrepreneurs, discussing the stories behind their successes and how they shattered preconceived ideas, dealt with obstacles and created inventive business models.

Speaking on the new breed of disruptive entrepreneurs, Austin remarked “I believe that it is better to have a thousand millionaires than a ten billionaires. It is better still to have a million people with access to a hundred thousand dollars, if they can be taught how to nurture and grow it through entrepreneurial endeavor”.

On why he is participating in the conference, Okere had this to say “I like to put the story of the Computer Warehouse Group out there because such success stories contribute immensely to the attraction of capital to the region, which combined with the entrepreneurial acumen and the youthful population unleashes waves of economic boom, which in turn lifts the pile at bottom of the pyramid into the more desirable networked economy of the emerging global village”.

The keynote address at the conference shall be delivered by President Goodluck Jonathan, who shall be speaking on the transformation agenda, where he will outline his strategy for tackling terrorism and his outlook for Nigeria for the next decade.

Other Federal Ministers who shall be speaking at the two day conference include Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance and Co-ordinating minister of the Economy, Dr. AkinwunmiAdesina, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Diezani Alison-Madueke, minister of Petroleum Resources.

Babatunde Raji Fashola, governor of Lagos State is also billed to speak at the conference.