FirstBank, MainOne Collaborate to Boost Startup Business

West Africa’s connectivity and data centre solutions company, MainOne, in collaboration with FirstBank of Nigeria, is promoting technology startups initiatives that will support talented Nigerians in creating software applications that will address immediate and long term needs of Nigerians.

MainOne provided free connectivity capacities to the recently organised tech startup conference hosted by FirstBank of Nigeria.

The conference, with the theme: “Let’s Talk Tech”, was targeted at delivering value to young technology entrepreneurs and MainOne had to design, install and manage the advanced Wi-Fi and distributed antenna system networks at the event venue, providing 155Mbps free data capacity throughout the facility and for dedicated livestreaming of the event.

Attendees at the event leveraged MainOne’s unlimited access to the internet during the event and took advantage of the opportunity to freely browse the internet, conduct free downloads of documents and music, and conduct Skype calls via Wi-Fi-enabled laptops and mobile phones. The organisers of the event also used the unlimited capacity to provide livestreaming to thousands of participants not physically present at the event. The major operating systems used were Windows 7, Windows Vista, Nokia/Symbian, Windows XP, Mac OS X and Android OS. Data was also downloaded from a multitude of devices including iPhones and iPads, Blackberry devices, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Android phones.

Speaking during the event, MainOne’s Chief Financial Officer, Babatunde Dada revealed that the company’s support for the tech start-up community was predicated on its belief that start-ups are the engine of economic growth and the foundation for the industrialisation process of any nation desiring rapid development.