Gareth Manning, Gleaner writer
EGUH
WHEN NIGERIAN-BORN marketing expert, Nnamdi Eguh, saw the limited opportunities to use his expertise after living in Jamaica for 18 years, he took stock of his situation and decided to make a change. That change involved forming his own small consulting business, CPC limited, with two friends as partners.
His ambitions have grown since then, and Mr. Eguh is the managing partner in an independent company. To create the desired image for his company, he formed a small telecommunications company in summer 2005, using wireless technologies to improve the presentation of the company's basic services. Just five months later, several other small businesses across the island are benefiting from his new telecommunication solutions geared at increasing their efficiency and image.
WIRELESS OFFICE
MYOFFICEONTHEGO.NET allows small businesses to operate from anywhere using what he calls a 'wireless office'. The company uses a system of wireless technologies to allow small entrepreneurs to operate their businesses from any location through a number of telecommunication services that include voice-over email services; email to voicemail messaging and fax to email services. The technologies also provide an automated telephone operator and nine menu options to direct calls to various personnel within the business.
"I know the challenges that come with small operations and I know a lot of people out there want to own their own small operations, but they don't have the resources, especially when it is service oriented," Eguh says. He says small businesses cannot afford to buy the same equipment large operations use to provide automated services. Hence, to make it more accessible to small businesses, his company has harnessed the technology and developed it into a database to make it more accessible and affordable.
"Small businesses like John Brown Incorporated or John Brown Limited, can [now] sound like a GraceKennedy without having the resources of GraceKennedy and saving lots of money," he says.
The service, which has over 100 subscribers already, can be easily accessed through a password system that allows the user to access all the company's services from anywhere across the island. This includes hosting telephone conferences for up to nine people.
"Instead of us trying to find a central location (for a meeting) where we can get face to face, we'll give you a password which allows everyone to call into the number," he said. "We can all listen to each other and it doesn't matter where you are."
Mr. Eguh plans to formally launch his new company by January next year.
