The federal government of Nigeria has signed a deal with Africa’s indigenous IT powerhouse Zinox, to supply tech components for the 2023 National census.
The Nigerian-based tech company was awarded a contract of N85 billion to supply personal digital assistants (PDAs) devices, which will be used for the 2023 National census, scheduled to hold in April.
Investors King understands that Zinox emerged as the preferred technical partner for the exercise, after scaling through a bidding process that involved other local and international competitors.
Speaking on Zinox emerging as the preferred company to supply tech components for the 2023 Census, the company’s Managing Director Mrs. Kelechi Okonta said, “It is a privilege for the federal government to consider us among many other companies in the world. They know we have the capacity. We are deploying all our resources to make sure it is successful”.
As an indigenous IT powerhouse with Global connections, Zinox is the first internationally certified branded computer OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) in West Africa, and also the first OEM in West Africa to receive the WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) certification and the first computer hardware manufacturing and ICT integration company in Nigeria to receive the ISO 9001-2000.
The company was recently rated by International Data Corporation (IDC), USA as the No 1 selling laptop brand amongst local and international computer brands in Nigeria.
In 2010, it delivered the single largest integrated ICT project in Africa in partnership with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC 2010 Data capture).
The firm on Friday, February 3, 2023, supplied the first batch of devices, which is about 100 units of digital devices, which were presented to the National Population of Commission (NPC).
The NPC, therefore, assured Nigerians that the coming April 2023 Census won’t repeat past mistakes of previous Censuses, stating that the commission has meticulously factored out errors and would deliver a hitch-free census.