So you are a Nigerian? Or perhaps you are not? Either way, you are a citizen of some country somewhere and there comes a time in your life when you feel like you really love your country and would want the very best for your country. I cannot fathom a better way to be patriotic, aside your statutory civic responsibilities, than patronizing locally-made products and services. I am recommending some made-in-Nigeria products/services with this blog post, as a means of encouraging Nigerians to patronize indigenous companies.
If you are a Nigerian, you are permitted to retort: “…but most Nigerian products/services are inferior!”. Well, I am proud to say you are not exactly correct. Over the years, several companies have despite the titanic challenges they experience doing business in Nigeria, still been able to provide products/services that are of high quality. They might not be the best in the world today but I need you to remember that Asian companies also started weakly. Look at Japan, South Korea, China and to some extent, India today. They are forces to reckon with in product manufacturing and service delivery. When Nigerians will insist on Made-in-Nigeria, then the future of our industries will be secured. More patronage = more revenue = faster expansion = better products/services.
Banking: This is one sector that makes me proud of Nigeria. Thanks to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s strict monitoring and control, Nigerian banks have now emerged to take their rightful place as the best in West Africa, and among the best in Africa. Report in recent years have consistently been listing UBA, Zenith Bank, GT Bank, Intercontinental Bank, First Bank of Nigeria, Oceanic Bank as leading banks in various areas. The CBN sees to it that all banks in Nigerians have a majority Nigerian stake so you can bank with any of the 25 banks that meet your specific needs and be rest assured you are patronizing a Nigerian bank.
Aviation: This is a grey area in Nigeria. I am not about to delve into the poor practices in that industry but if you need to fly outside Nigeria or into Nigeria, whenever possible, fly Virgin Nigeria as against British Airways, KLM, Air France and the likes. Others are Bellview Airlines and Aero Contractors.
Satellite broadcast: HiTV actually broke the monopoly in Nigeria’s pay television industry enjoyed until now by DSTV. It is now challenging the dominance of its South African owned competitor and has put all its will and energy to achieve this goal. HiTV has high quality, high capacity digital infrastructure that allows them to offer premium content at surprisingly low costs to every nook-and-cranny of Nigeria using Direct to Home (DTH) satellite technology on the NigComSat platform. NigComSat is the entity established by the Federal Government of Nigeria to operate and manage the first Nigerian Communications Satellite.
Mobile telephony: glo is the clear choice in this market segment. Globacom has established itself as the preferred telecommunications company in Nigeria by its provision of world class telecommunication services and affordable product packages. It currently has over 15 million subscribers in Nigeria and has successfully launched its services in the Republic of Benin. Glo was also recently awarded a licence to operate in Ghana, and is currently laying an undersea optic fibre cable to link West Africa with Europe, to enable it provide even better telecom and Internet services. This space will not be enough to preach the virtues of glo. It is a fact that glo brought about a revolution into the digital mobile telephony market in Nigeria with its loud entry in 2003.
Mobile Internet: Visafone is another wholly-owned Nigerian telecommunications company. It utilizes EVDO technology to deliver real mobile broadband Internet services within its coverage area. Visafone has a universal licence and is rapidly expanding its network across Nigeria.
Web hosting: Why do business with European or American websites when you can buy your web hosting and domain services from Web4Africa? Indeed, Web4Africa is a leader in its market segment and is currently ranked 2nd in the entire West African sub-region by WebHosting.info
Web4Africa offers world-class web hosting at affordable prices plus great customer support.
Computer hardware: Zinox Technologies Limited manufactures desktop & laptop computers, as well as UPS units. The Zinox brand was created as an initiative to promote an international Information Technology identity for Africa.
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