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SILEX SECURE LAB HARPS ON THE NEED TO PATRONISE INDIGENOUS SOFTWARE PRODUCTS

SILEX SECURE LAB LIMITED, a leading Nigerian information and technology (IT) company in Abuja, has reiterated the need for Nigerian organisations to look inward when buying their software and mobile application. The company stated that Nigerian indigenous IT firms have what it takes to build world class solutions that can compete with many solutions across the globe.

Stating this during a media chat, the Chief Executive Officer of SILEX SECURE LAB LIMITED, Joseph Nsikak Nelson stated that being in Abuja doesn’t stop many organisations within the Federal Capital territory and Northern Region of the country from patronizing them. He opined that having been into IT for years, that he company has been able to develop critical solutions that have been able to make organisations scale and deepen their productivity.

In his words “It been pretty very good and you know this is city centre a lot of people think they still need to move to Lagos to patronise technology company but you won’t blame them. A lot of Information Technology (IT) firms in this area have their existing customers most of them have been focusing on governmental project, other are servicing the informal sector however you look at it, we got a lot of client appreciating us for rendering exceptional services and giving them value for their business in a simple and effective way. We strongly believe that the IT ecosystem is robust and there is no need heading to Lagos for IT solutions. “

Nelson added that “All our software solutions are developed in-house. From UI/UX to front end, backend and Mobile Apps are done in-house; as a matter of fact, we have 9 developers working on our products. As software company & a cyber security company we totally understand the need of intellectual property especially with the uniqueness of the products we develop. So as an organisation we ensure we develop and build capacity around these areas which is in line with the global best practices. We deliver these solutions to our clients and we are proud that we developed them in house and they have been working efficiently. “

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As the country is building security infrastructure, the company expressed that they have built a robust solution that would assist parents and guardians to monitor the whereabouts of their wards and kids.  Nelson quipped “As guardians and parents are busy today, we understand that they need to keep a tab on their wards and kids so we developed such a solution. Our self-Tracer apps is so special to us, we develop this apps basically for parental control but as time evolve, we saw the need of extending the services to corporate organisation and government agency.  Talking of effectiveness the apps is so effective, the sole purpose is to monitor the movement of yourself and family especially in this current security situation, there is need for self-tracing and when there is an emergency with a click on the  apps notify your family member or anyone you add on hotspot on your  current location And if for any reason your phone turn off and SIM card is changed, Once the phone is turn on the apps notify the admin through the cloud based system.”

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On government policies and enabling environment, Nelson said that the government must ensure that they create robust policies that would encourage the IT space to be highly competitive in the global arena. “At Silexsecure we build most of our product for international Market not depending on Nigerian government to do business. That is the beauty of Technology Company. Policy wise not much is done, interventions fund nothing much is done in terms of palliative not much is done. Take for example during this lockdown most of our developer were working remotely, we had to make sure we buy Generator, Solar Power for our developer so as to meet schedule”, he Lamented.

SILEX SECURE LAB LIMITED is a leading Nigerian IT company duly registered in 2014 with its office in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. Offering services in Cyber Security, Software development, Programming, Data analytics, Cloud computing, Animation, Website development, Fintech, business processes and solutions. With a blend of Business and Internet Intelligence by developing innovative cyber investigative, encrypted communications and business solutions.

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“It been pretty very good and you know this is city centre a lot of people think they still need to move to Lagos to patronise technology company but you won’t blame them. A lot of Information Technology (IT) firms in this area have their existing customers most of them have been focusing on governmental project, other are servicing the informal sector however you look at it, we got a lot of client appreciating us for rendering exceptional services and giving them value for their business in a simple and effective way. We strongly believe that the IT ecosystem is robust and there is no need heading to Lagos for IT solutions. “

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