Information and Communications Technology solutions provider, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has expressed optimism about the performance of the ICT industry this year.
The firm's position is contained in a statement on Friday following an array of developments in the sector.
It stated, "We expect a significant increase in the level of activities in the ICT industry in 2013 by joining forces with other ICT stakeholders."
Speaking on the emergence of the firm as the 2012 Beacon of ICT Indigenous Software Company of the Year, the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Hassan Alao, said, "At Sidmach, what makes us unique is that our solutions and services (particularly in the education sector) have positive impacts on virtually every family in Nigeria.
"We are humbled by this fact and have rededicated ourselves to ensure that this privileged standing of ours is maintained going forward. For us it is all about pleasing and surpassing the expectations of our customers, who are the reason why we are in business."
Alao noted that despite all the challenges in 2012, the company did fairly well as it carried on full and uninterrupted operations.
In 2012, as was the case in the past, the company invested significantly in employee training and human capacity development in keeping with its goals of advancing creativity and innovativeness.
Speaking on Sidmach's profile, the publisher, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, Mr. Ken Nwogbo, said the firm had impacted positively in the continuous delivery of best-in-class solutions to the Nigerian market, adding that the company had engendered profound changes in the way ICT is deployed to serve the average Nigerian.
Nwogbo also noted that Sidmach had become endearing to the hearts of stakeholders in education, oil and gas and ICT industries, due to its various achievements, especially in pioneering the use of biometric technology for the registration, verification, and implementation of examination candidates.
According to him, the firm is also involved in the implementation of the online result verification system for WAEC and a host of other solutions that have impacted positively on the nation's quest for the achievement of integrity, excellence in service delivery and the promotion of economic development.
