This strategic collaboration aligns with Caleb University’s vision of becoming the Centre of Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Excellence, bridging the gap between education and digital innovation.

Transforming Campus Connectivity

Under this partnership, OneData has deployed high-speed, campus-wide fibre internet, ensuring uninterrupted access to online learning platforms, research databases, and communication tools.

This will modernize the university’s digital infrastructure, creating an environment where students and faculty members can excel in an ICT-driven world.

Fostering Digital Excellence

Beyond providing internet services, OneData is launching “Digital and Entrepreneurial Hubs”, dedicated spaces designed to cultivate innovation, digital literacy, and business acumen for students at Caleb University.

These hubs will serve as incubators where students can develop technological solutions, explore business opportunities, and gain industry-ready skills.

“Reliable internet is not just an educational tool; it is the foundation of a thriving digital economy,” said Mr Olawale Owoeye, CEO of OneData.

“By collaborating with Caleb University, we have not only provided for campus connectivity but are also empowering students with the training, resources, and opportunities needed to lead in technology, media, and telecommunications. This is a game-changer for higher education in Nigeria.”

Similarly, Professor Nosa Owens-Ibie, Vice Chancellor of Caleb University, stated:

“This partnership with OneData is a significant step toward our mission of becoming a centre of excellence in education and innovation. By integrating world-class internet services and fostering entrepreneurial hubs, we are equipping students with the skills and opportunities to contribute meaningfully to Nigeria’s digital transformation.”

Expanding Digital Access

OneData’s vision extends beyond Caleb University. The company is committed to scaling this model in universities nationwide, ensuring more students gain access to high-speed internet, education, and entrepreneurial resources.

This initiative is not just about internet access; it is about empowering the next generation to drive Nigeria’s digital transformation.

The other international scholars who formed the team of Ranking Business Rescue included, Prof. Naeem, Dean, School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics, University of Kwazulu; Prof Rams Rajam, Professor of Accounting and Finance and Coordinator of the Business Rescue Unit, University of Kwazulu Natal and Professor Sina Yekini, Professor of Accounting, University of Derby, United Kingdom.

The SA conference tagged, “International Conference on Global Business Rescue and Resilience, South Africa,” The Research Professor and Grant Winner, delivered a Paper with the theme: ‘Business Resilience Determinants and Performance of Small Medium Enterprises.”

Notably, the fundamental objective of the Kwazulu Natal Conference was to address, curb, and proffer solutions to the alarming rate of business failure in Africa, ranging from three months to five years across nations of the Continent.

Globally acclaimed for its timeliness and strategic importance, the Paper succeeded in developing a lasting strategy for curbing the persistent failure of Small Businesses in Africa with Nigeria as a case in point.

According to the Caleb University Scholar: “Organisational factors like effective proactive management skills, flexible organizational structure, marketing, and environmental scanning skills; must be developed to stem business failure.”

Professor Asikhia also hinted: “Consequently, the concept will not be “one method solves all”. This becomes important in the light of environmental dynamism in which businesses operate from one country to the other. The outbreak of COVID-19 and the concomitant failures of businesses across nations of the world showed that several firms were not proactive enough to predict their environments and reconfigure resources and capabilities to arrest the plunge.”

Other solutions proffered by the Caleb University Don included the urgent need for continuous monitoring of the business environment as well as business operations flexibility.

Prof. Asikhia, a Professor of Business, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, who started his academic sojourn with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry–Biostatistics, has the towering privilege of bagging two Masters’s degrees (Economics and Business Administration), as well as two Doctoral degrees (Doctor of Business Leadership-Marketing and Strategic Management; and Doctor of Philosophy-Entrepreneurial Management).

In a related development, Prof Asikhia also chaired a session on Management and Business Resilience in Africa.

Prof Asikhia and his congregation of brightest Business Scholars also considered the need for intensive diagnostic tools and processes that will rightly identify the different degrees of ailments bedeviling different organizations.