MTN Nigeria and Microsoft are taking major steps to assist the government and businesses in Nigeria to accelerate value creation through cloud technology.
To this end, MTN Business is redefining business operation models with the Microsoft cloud technology (Azure) that is designed to explore ways in which technology is transforming business operations in both private and public sectors.
The partners presented their cloud roadmap for the market to C-level executives at a breakfast meeting in Lagos.
Recall that last year, MTN Group and Microsoft announced a new partnership that will see them support customers across governments and organizations accelerate value creation and drive Africa’s economic growth using Microsoft platform solutions.
The companies believe that digital transformation presents an opportunity for the continent to leap ahead and benefit from widespread socio-economic growth. Particularly when leveraging the power of the cloud.
Speaking at the breakfast meeting on the theme: ‘The Cloud Advantage-Unlocking Opportunities for Large Corporate and Public Sector’, Mr. Hassan Jiva, the Chief Operating Officer at MTN Nigeria, said that cloud technology has continued to evolve the business landscape and has become a necessity for businesses and organisations that strive to remain competitive and resilient in today’s digital transformation era.
“The partnership with Microsoft is to present opportunities offered by cloud technology to drive business growth and resilience that will accelerate digital transformation,” Jiva said.
On her part, Lynda Saint-Nwafor, the Chief Enterprise Business Officer at MTN Nigeria, said that the world is witnessing the era of unprecedented digital transformation, where organisations and business must innovate and adapt to technology, “using the power of cloud technology that has become the backbone of modern business operations that is revolutionising the way data is generated, stored and analysed”.
According to Saint-Nwafor
“As MTN, combining our infrastructure with Microsoft’s cutting-edge technologies, will help provide a robust foundation for the digital acceleration needs and initiatives of businesses.”
Mr. Chika Ekeji, the Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at MTN Nigeria, who presented the keynote paper, said MTN has outlined its Ambition 2025 platform strategies to serve organisations better, both in the private and public sectors.
He listed the strategies to include: Mobile money, Enterprise service, Network as-a-service, among others.
Ekeji maintained that cloud technology will enable enterprise businesses run analytical business and create products that will drive customer satisfaction.
Ola Williams, Country Manager, Microsoft Nigeria and Ghana, said: “Our partnership with MTN is one of the ways that we are bringing the Microsoft vision to life, which is to empower every person and business to achieve success.
It takes partnership such as this to be able to scale and reach out to our customers.
The partnership is about driving efficiency in businesses through digital transformation. Driving efficiency with cloud technology, takes a deliberate process of change to make it happen. One of the technologies that bring about transformational change and efficiency in business is the cloud technology.”
Williams said.
