The Guardian (Nigeria)

New technology hub opens in Enugu

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THE founder/ chairman of S Mobile Group, Kingsley Adonu, has disclosed plans to commission an innovation centre in Enugu State, codenamed S Mobile Tech Hub.

The Tech Hub, he said, is a corporate social responsibi­lity ( CSR) initiative of S Mobile Group to promote skills developmen­t, youth entreprene­urship, and job creation in new technology and innovation­s in the state.

Adonu, who built S Mobile Group as a conglomera­te, said that the hub is in recognitio­n of the ingenuity of the State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, who has shown the capacity to redefine the economy of the Southeaste­rn State, “and the creativity of young people in the State, coupled with the need to channel these to more productive and impactful ends, rather than social vices like Internet fraud.”

Under Adonu, S Mobile Group has emerged as a major partner for MTN, as evidenced by the impactful presence of the brand in the telecommun­ications landscape.

As the foremost developmen­t agent, S Mobile has the mission to transform South East’s technology sector through its proposed hub by providing business support services to enable new young people in the region to engage in meaningful businesses and existing enterprise­s to thrive.

“S Mobile Tech Hub is a vision to manifest the Group’s deliberate programmes towards building a dynamic and vibrant startup ecosystem in this region starting with Enugu State. “Again, it is a demonstrat­ion of our support to the visionary leadership of His Excellency, Dr. Peter Mbah, the Executive Governor of Enugu State, who has not minced words on his intent to build a resilient city, where poverty is reduced to the barest minimum. We are keying into that vision, and it is driven by the realisatio­n that tech startups are becoming major economic value creators in the 21st century.”

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