The celebration kicked off with “Walure Tech Connect ’23”; a two-day event that explored and proffered sustainable strategies for SMEs owners to scale their businesses.

The event was a convergence of retail, small and medium business owners, SMEs accelerator experts, human resources professionals, tech experts as well as tech innovators.

The Managing Director, Mr. Samuel Adeleye, who spoke on the importance of leveraging technology for business growth, advised SMEs owners to adopt sustainable strategies and leverage technology for operational efficiency in order to scale their businesses.

Mr Adeleye pointed out that technology-driven product like IPOS offers retail and SMEs businesses a lot of benefits, especially in terms of operational efficiency and scalable opportunities to grow their businesses.

IPOS, a solution by Smartware is a book-keeping and inventory management solution developed for retail, small and medium enterprises to enhance operational efficiency by addressing book-keeping and inventory management challenges often faced by retail and SMEs.

He explained that with IPOS, retail and SMEs can take stock level, automatically apply tax to taxable goods, track products, product history, top performing products, customer’s purchase history, generate invoices, and store all information for future purpose, using a cloud-based technology, noting that SMEs owners can use the data stored by IPOS to secure grants and loans from financial institutions to scale their businesses.

Also, Mr. Obafemi Okubanjo, General Manager, Walure Capital announced plans by the company to support 200 SMEs with ₦100,000 each. He emphasised that the plan is in line with the company’s efforts to genuinely ensure survival of retail and small business owners in Nigeria.

“We operate in the tech industry and we want to contribute our quota to the development of Nigeria as a whole. As a way of giving back to the society, we have decided to support two hundred businesses that consistently use IPOS for six months with the sum of ₦100,000. IPOS is completely free with no charges or subscription fees. Also, businesses that consistently use IPOS for six months will have their businesses displayed for free on our LED billboard”.

According to him, the company’s passion to ensure the success of SMEs owners and tech talents in Nigeria further reflects in Walure Academy; an arm of Walure Capital that trains and nurtures tech talents for local and global exposure.

“We don’t only train. Tech training is a journey. Walure Capital supports tech talents throughout the journey; from training, through internship, hands-on experience, collaboration, tech accelerator programmes, and down to facilitating employments for the talents through the Walure Talent outsourcing service that provides talents-as-a-service solutions to organisations within and outside Nigeria”, he said.

Speaking further on how the company is giving back to the society to support both businesses and young tech talents, Mr Okubanjo also disclosed that Walure Capital recently donated a Tech Lab to Community Primary School, Magodo in Lagos as one of several corporate social responsibility initiatives executed by the company.

“As an organisation, Walure Capital will continue to explore impactful ways the company can support businesses, talents and the society as a whole”, he reiterated.

Meanwhile, Walure Capital also announced plans to hold a fitness initiative on November 18, 2023, codenamed “Walure Fit”.

The initiative highlights the importance of health, wellness, fitness, and lifestyle in the tech ecosystem.

It is an opportunity for tech experts, tech bro, tech sis and other professionals in the corporate world to interact with fitness experts, have fun, burn some calories, and network for business opportunities and collaborations.

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Mr Samuel Adeleye, the Managing Director of Walure Capital, stated this at the formal launch of Walure Capital corporate office and Walure Hub in Lagos, recently.

The Hub is a co-working space specifically designed for tech talents, start-ups, remote workers, teams, and orgaisations.

Mr Adeleye who expressed excitement for the future of technology in Nigeria, disclosed that Walure Capital is keen on helping tech talents across Nigeria to unleash their full potentials and explore opportunities in the tech ecosystem.

He also emphasised that the company wants to address the issue of young tech talents wanting to leave Nigeria.

“Talents are not just in Lagos alone. What we plan to do is to replicate this in every strategic state. We are working with close to two hundred developers. We want to empower people with access to rare opportunities in technology space”.

Meanwhile, as a one-stop company that delivers technology exposure for global impact, Walure Capital, through its academy, Walure Academy, provides a range of professional courses, designed to help talents upgrade their skills and improve performance in a given career.

Speaking on Walure Academy, General Manager, Walure Capital, Mr Obafemi Okubanjo, stated that the Academy offers online, onsite, and in-plant learning modes, using state-of-the-art technology, which includes the use of light-board technology for online learning.

Mr Okubanjo highlighted some of the courses offered by Walure Academy, which include Product Design, Front End Development, Back End Development, Software Quality Assurance, Software Quality Assurance Automation Testing, Flutter Development, Cyber Security, Azure DevOps, and more.

He further stated that organisations that operate a hybrid mode of work can take advantage of Walure co-working space for their employees on the mainland.

The event which was well attended by dignitaries in the private and public sectors drew the commendations of Lagos State Commissioner of Physical Planning, Mr Gbenga Salako as well as other high profile individuals.

The Commissioner commended Walure Capital for playing a critical role in making Lagos state the hub for tech talents.

“What you are actually doing is in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S agenda of Lagos State Government. What the Governor was looking at is also what you are doing: bring back those tech experts who have the knowledge, the brain to do great things, back to the State”, he said.

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