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- 30 Aug 2016
Austin Okere to Speak at the LBS Executive Programme Graduation
Austin Okere, the Founder of CWG Plc, the largest Systems Integration Company in Sub-Saharan Africa has been announced as the guest speaker for this year's graduation ceremony of the Lagos Business…
- 31 Mar 2017
Austin Okere to Speak At The 22nd World Bank Institute Conference
Austin Okere, the founder of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, will be speaking at the 22nd World Conference of Banking Institutes (WCBI) which will be hosted by The Chartered Institute of Bankers…
- 28 Oct 2021
Austin Okere Appointed to the Global Business Practices Council of AACSB International
The Founder of CWG Plc and the Ausso Leadership Academy, Austin Okere has been appointed to the Global Business Practices Council. The purpose of the Business Practices Council (BPC) is to serve as a…
- 6 Oct 2019
Austin Okere to Keynote as Tunde Coker Chairs MoDiTECH 2019
Mr. Austin Okere, Founder & Vice Chairman, CWG Plc, will present the keynote at the maiden edition of Mobile & Disruptive Technology Forum (MoDiTECH 2019) holding on October 24, 2019 in Lagos…
- 16 Sept 2021
Spontaneous Deregulation Tests Regulatory Gaps on Digital Platforms
By Austin Okere There is a perfect storm brewing between Regulators and Technology Platforms. Regulators should ordinarily be one of the most critical enablers of a society. Austin Okere They,…
- 14 Dec 2012
Okere Identifies Roadblocks to Broadband Penetration
Austin Okere, group managing director, Computer Warehouse Group has identified obstacles to availability of broadband internet and poor quality of service in the country’s telecommunications space.…
- 10 May 2014
Okere to Chair NIGF 2014
Mr. Austin Okere, group managing director and chief executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) plc, has been named as the chairman of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2014.…
- 16 Jul 2018
Broadband, Mobile Phones, Others Expanding Business Frontiers - Okere
Austin Okere, founder, CWG, has said that the ubiquity of broadband and the pervasiveness of mobile phones, along with breakthrough technology such as Artificial intelligence, Big Data and Blockchain…
- 1 Nov 2016
Nigeria’s ICT Market: Things to Cheer, Worry About- Okere
Austin Okere, founder and vice chairman, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) has presented a score card of the Nigeria’s IT sector highlighting both cheering and worrying situations in the third largest…
- 2 Oct 2016
Leverage Technology for Capital Market Growth- Okere
Austin Okere, founder, CWG Plc, has urged key players in the Nigerian Stock Market to prioritize investment in technology innovation as well as engage in cross-sector collaboration in the bid to…
- 24 Jun 2014
CWG Can Be Next Google with CWG 2.0- Okere
Austin Okere, founder and chief executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, has noted that the company has the potential to become the next Google, given the business prospects of her new…
- 16 Apr 2018
Ausso Leadership Academy to Fill Huge Gap in Entrepreneurship - Okere
Austin Okere, founder and Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ausso Leadership Academy, said that the launch of Ausso Leadership Academy is not only a dream come true, but the fulfillment of a glaring need in…
- 26 Sept 2017
Moving Up Course of Entrepreneurship, Mixture of Bile & Honey- Okere
Mr. Austin Okere, country manager, the founder of Computer Warehouse Group Plc; Banke Alawaye, Praekelt, were some of the key players in the Nigerian telecom ecosystem who attended the September 2017…
- 22 Sept 2014
Okere @ WEF, Lists Benefits of NgREN
Austin Okere, founder of CWG Plc and Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Business School (CBS), New York, spoke on the Digital Advantage Panel anchored by Nielsen Bronwyn of CNBC Africa at the…
- 26 May 2013
Okere, CWG Boss Becomes CBS Entrepreneur in Residence
Austin Okere, group chief executive officer of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) just back guest lecturing at Columbia Business School’s Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center and Massachusetts Institute…
- 24 Sept 2013
Okere Extols IBM Business Model in Africa
Austin Okere, founder and CEO of Computer Warehouse Group Plc has commended International Business Machine (IBM) business model in Africa, which according to him is customer focused. He stated this…
- 15 Oct 2014
Okere Advocates Appropriate Local Content in Telecom
Austin Okere, group managing director, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, has advocated the right type of local content policy in the telecoms industry. According to him, “we should not stampede the…
- 26 Jun 2014
Okere Urges NiRAN to Target MSME for .NG
Austin Okere, founder and group chief executive officer (CEO) Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) plc, has highlighted the potential of digital explosion in Nigeria, saying that a framework for the…
- 18 Oct 2016
Okere to Keynote First ICT Success Summit 2016
Austin Okere, founder and vice chairman, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, will be delivering the keynote at the median edition of ICT Success Summit 2016. The summit has been designed to let…
- 26 Dec 2016
Okere to Deliver Keynote Address at AUG Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
Austin Okere, founder, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, the largest Systems Integration Company in Sub-Saharan Africa, will deliver the keynote speech at the Youth EntrepreneurshipBOOT Camp of the…
- 4 May 2020
The Mentality of Winning
By Austin Okere I first wrote this article on April 03, 2017, exactly three years ago. I feel compelled to share it again, as I believe that it is even more relevant today in this challenging…
- 15 Dec 2019
Lessons From the U.K. Brexit Election
By Austin Okere The U.K. has announced the result of the “Brexit Election”, and Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party won a landslide victory, mostly at the expense of Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition Labour…
- 30 Apr 2012
Okere Makes Africa Proud, Bags Technology Africa Personality Award
Technology Africa, organizers of Titans of Tech Award has recognized the Chief Executive Officer of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Mr. Austin Kwesi Okere with the award ‘Technology Africa Personality…
- 17 Jul 2014
Okere, Over 35 Others Confirmed Speakers for #NCSEnugu2014
Mr. Austin Okere, founder and chief executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) and close to 40 guest speakers have lined up for this year's Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) national…
- 15 Nov 2014
Okere, CWG Boss Emerges NCS IT Personality of the Year
Austin Okere, group managing director and chief executive officer of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) Plc, on Friday evening, received the Nigeria Computer Society President's award, 'IT Personality of…
- 13 Jan 2015
Okere Charges Entrepreneurs on 3 Powers for Success in Business
Austin Okere, founder and Chief Executive Officer, Computer Warehouse Group Plc, has charged Small and Medium business owners to ensure that their business visions are driven by the “3 Powers of…
- 29 Jan 2013
Okere, CWG Boss Brings “Lean Launch Pad” Class to Nigeria
Austin Okere, group chief executive, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), just back from Columbia Business School, New York, where he participated as an instructor at the Steve Blank “Lean Launch Pad”…
- 11 Mar 2013
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…
- 18 Jun 2012
Computer Warehouse Group: Sharing an African Success Story
The impact of the Computer Warehouse Group and her founder CEO, Austin Okere, on the African IT industry cannot be overemphasized. Just recently, the company was ranked among the top 50 Technology…
- 5 Jan 2020
NativeLand and AfroNation: A Tale of Two Cultures?
By Austin Okere As we start a new year 2020, it is expedient to take stock of the gains in the bourgeoning creatives industry in West Africa’s two biggest economies; Nigeria and Ghana, given their…