On Friday, July 14, CloudPro hosted an event at the Landmark event centre in Lagos themed the Digital Transformation Journey: Vol 1. Cloudpro is a systems integrator and leading provider of cloud hosting services. This pioneering tech event was put together to help companies and individuals optimise their journey to pivoting to digital/tech solutions.
With the current structure of the world, everything involves technology. Many companies are going through digital transformations and creating tech-centred solutions. With internet penetration and mobile technology increasing, businesses that do not apply a tech-oriented focus will be left behind in the coming years. This tech event gathered various industry leaders who work in tech solutions and businesses who have championed tech solutions to come together and offer expert opinions, advice and presentations to start a digital transformation journey.
Event highlights
The event, anchored by the astute media veteran, Kemi Ajumobi, Associate Editor at BusinessDay, also saw five panellists from various industries offering industry knowledge on the digital transformation journey.
Panellists at the event included:
Paul Onwuanibe, CEO of Landmark Africa group. Onwuanibe is the founder of Landmark and he has 30 years of experience in designing and executing projects in Africa, North America, and Europe.
Adetunji Lamidi, MD/CEO of FCMB Microfinance Limited. Lamidi has an extensive career spanning 20+ years in commercial trading, telecoms and banking.
Oluleke Olatunji, Chief Information Security Officer at FSDH Merchant Bank. Olatunji is a security expert with experience in risk management, application and network security assessment, cloud security, and data privacy.
Oluwatosin Ilesanmi, MD/CEO at Nobleserve Finance Company Limited. Ilesanmi has over a decade of experience in Business Development, and treasury and fund’s management.
Adetayo Bamiduro, co-founder of Metro Africa Xpress Inc (MAX). Bamiduro is a globally recognised leader in the technology entrepreneurship industry. He has made great contributions to the field of mobility in Africa.
This panel of industry leaders discussed everything you need to know about starting a digital journey for businesses including the challenges that come with this journey and solutions that they have implemented in their various positions of leadership. There were presentations from partners of the event highlighting various 360 services to help businesses begin their digital journey and also tools to manage and safeguard these processes.
Internet Solutions Nigeria (ISN), the leading provider of comprehensive IT solutions for businesses, opened the presentations with a session on the services they provide. ISN offers connectivity solutions and managed IT services which includes outsourcing your IT needs to ISN and its team of world-class engineers.
Cynthia Harb, CEO of ISN, receives the award for “Digital Transformation Champion” from CloudPro for her outstanding work in helping businesses transform their processes and services through digital technology.
Sophos, represented by Jimi Falaiye, Territory Manager for West Africa at Sophos, presented solutions for cyber security and managed detection and response (MDR).
Sophos is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software security solutions for organisations globally.
Microsoft partner, Cloudmania delivered the final presentation at the event covering important cloud services and other managed solutions they provide.
The event ended on a high note with a vote of thanks from Cassandra Nnadi, Head of Commercials at CloudPro urging the audience to take advantage of the lessons learned and the solutions provided to begin their digital transformation journey.
