Computer Warehouse Group, CWG’s e-commerce platform, Openshopen.ng has been named e-commerce platform of the year at the Beacon of Information and Communication Technology awards held in Lagos recently. The website, polled the highest votes in its category following an online poll that featured over two hundred thousand entries via email and on the award’s electronic voting portal.

Speaking on the award, Founder/ CEO, CWG, Austin Okere said: “Winning the award of the e-commerce platform of the year in just less than one year of introducing our solution to the Nigerian market speaks volumes about the unique value Openshopen offers to SMEs and how they have come to appreciate it.”

According to him, “Our e-commerce platform has the capacity to support over 100 million stores. It offers businesses the advantage of building and promoting their own brands rather than just dumping their goods and their fates in the hands of third parties, whose brands they are invariably promoting. By displaying their goods online, entrepreneurs significantly increase their sales, thereby creating jobs and ensuring inclusive growth for the economy.”

Speaking on the credibility of the award process, the Chairman of the event and Chief Executive Officer, Zinox Technologies limited, Chief Leo Stan Ekeh said: “I know that those that won the awards tonight deserved them because I can confidently say that the publisher, whom I know very well, is a man of integrity and he will give you what you deserve.”

On his part, Former president of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON) Chris Uwaje observed that CWG Plc is known for rolling out IT solutions that are remarkable for standard, customer satisfaction and reliability.