Clear excitement has greeted the Computerize Nigeria e- Knowledge Project of Zinox Technologies in the South East as people of the region buy into the e-knowledge initiative which offers new tool for work and play
The e-knowledge project offers, in the first instance, the highly emotive benefit of equipping the South East to regain its pre-eminence in the Nigerian nation. In recognition of the prevalence of first time users, the offer includes free computer training for every laptop purchased.
Investigations revealed that different segments of the population including the old, the young, the literate and the semi literate, the civil servants and the businessmen, are jostling for computer training in designated centers.
With offices in the major cities in the South East namely, Enugu, Onitsha, Awka, Aba, Umuahia, Owerri, and Abakaliki, Zinox spearheading a digital revolution never before seen in the region where computer have been carried to the homes of the common man.
A trader at Ariaria Market in Aba, Njoku Ekwebelem, who bought a laptop and is already enjoying a free training at Ogbor Hill, expressed his deep gratitude to the CNP for bringing computer training to their doorsteps. He was happy that the e-knowledge promo has compelled him not only to buy a laptop but also to acquire computer training. Desmond Ikpe, a staff of a Shalom Business Center in Umuahia is upbeat that that there is an upsurge in the number of persons seeking to acquire computer training. He said that all those engaged in training are having a temporary boom. For Obioma Okafor, who works in a commercial bank in Onitsha, the e – knowledge promo is a blessing because of the affordable prices.
Mrs Vivian Abii, CEO Computerize Nigeria, explained that what was going on in the South East was a major marketing initiative aimed at computerizing the people and digitalizing the processes of work and play. She said that one of the objectives of e – knowledge project was to hasten the pace of e-governance and e-business in the country beginning from the South East. She explained that beyond some tertiary institutions, the South East appeared oblivious of the giant strides that other parts of the country are making in IT. Mrs. Abii opined that it was proper to storm the South East at the rate that the Computerize Nigeria Project was doing in order to shake its citizens out of their IT apathy.
Abii urged the governments and people of the South East to take advantage of the various incentives that are embedded in the e-knowledge project to join the information highway. She explained that these incentives include free training, free six months internet access at the Secretariat of the Local or State Government that buys into this vision, free computer laboratory for the training of civil servants, original Microsoft licenses, flexible payment terms for cooperatives and educational institutions. Mrs. Abii noted that all these would be backed up by the Zinox no-story-warranty executed from 13 support centers across the nation. She explained further that the systems come standard with inventory software to enable traders to track inventory, determine daily profitability and keep stock.
The Computerize Nigeria Project is a Zinox Computers initiative, set up in 2001, to promote understanding for, and adoption of the computer as a major tool of work and play. Currently, the Computerize Nigeria Project, in partnership with the National Universities Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education is involved in the provision of computers for knowledge workers in the educational sector including students and lecturers.
