Succeeding despite business challenges

Foremost information management and technology firm, Domino Information Company Limited (DICL) has bagged another award.

DICL was awarded best public procurement and human development automation technology company of the year under African governance and corporate leadership segment by the Institute for Government Research and Leadership Technology.

Uzo Nduka, chief executive, DICL, says “just a few months ago, DICL emerged as the 12th fastest growing company in Nigeria in a research conducted by the All World Network and Tony Elumelu Foundation. The company is just entering its fifth year and we are glad about these endorsements in spite of the numerous challenges of doing business.”

The company develops products that automate the work of public and private sector managers using technology that are developed specifically for the Nigerian environment and enable managers to work more efficiently, achieve more results with less stress.

DICL is a fast-paced information management and technology company based in Lagos, Nigeria. The main focus of DICL is to create work tools for managers in both the public and private sectors of the social-economy. Tools that make information intelligent and that enable managers make better decisions. “Our business strategy is designed to keep us sharply focused on the customer and our niche market-managers. This is an important part of what sets us apart from other companies in the same sector,” says Nduka

He adds that DICL derives its energy from its people, noting that the company’s human resource policy is built on the principles of non-discrimination, ownership of functions by staff, competitiveness of compensation package, transparency and a firm belief that good people are needed to make the business succeed.

He also points out that systems are the hidden structure in any well managed organisation. “DICL has evolved a set of management systems fashioned around global standards but fine-tuned to our own specific context and business strategy. The systems cover financial management and accounting, human resource management, project management, administration and logistics, health, safety and environment, quality management, procurement, product research and development, sales and marketing as well as all other aspects of the business. DICL is a business that is run by the book,” he says.

DICL is adjudged a responsible business committed to conducting every aspect of its day-to-day operations on the right side of the law, as its management believes that creating real value for stakeholders is the primary functions of a business.

Nduka also says the company seize viable opportunities to contribute to addressing the many environmental and social problems in the communities where it operates.

By: OLUYINKA ALAWODE