Estimated at over 87 billion US dollars, the retail sector in Nigeria is expected to grow to over 230 billion dollars by 2030, according to a 2013 McKinsey report. However, not less than 35% of Nigeria’s revenue is lost due to inefficiencies in a majority of retail businesses.
With this in mind, Retail Convergence is focused on proffering technology-based solutions to enable retail businesses within the country become more efficient in their output. This month, business owners from all over the country will gather to discuss, with technology at its centre, how the retail sector can benefit from the importance of gathering data, how it is critical to the success of their business operations and how to take maximize on these insight for making decisions and acquiring strategies required to have a competitive advantage in business.
Our panelists come with several years of experience in running their own businesses as well as providing support services to other businesses. Focus of this year’s edition is “Data Driven Insight: Optimizing your Retail Operations Based on Business Data”
Panelist at the program include:
- Oluyomi Ojo, CEO, Printivo
- Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, Cofounder, SureGifts
- Genevieve Craig, CEO, Tandem Media
- Lanre Akinlagun, CEO, Drinks.ng
- Seye Basir, Investment Director at IFU
- Okpata Josh, CEO, EazyHire
- Ahmad Mukoshy, Founder, GigaLayer
- Idongesit Umoh, Idong Harrie Company
The event will also allow participants to network with one another and to discuss challenges and opportunities available in business. In addition, there will be special offers to be won and gifts from partners.
Some of the key focus of the event are:
- The role of technology in business
- Inventory management and logistics
- Customer experience and relationship management
- Accessing and financing operations
- Finding a balance between online and offline operations
Event Date: 16th April 2016 Time: 10am Address: 296 Herbert Macaulay way, Sabo Yaba, Lagos State
To register, kindly log on to www.retailconvergence.com.ng
Retail Convergence 2016 is proudly sponsored by Etisalat, SureGifts, Asuqu, Loop, GigaLayer, Jara, Tandem Media, EazyHire, Beta Deals and Intercore.