The future of e-commerce is incredibly bright as a Nigeria-based high-tech
company, E.F Network Limited, has launched an e-commerce solutions directory
aimed at providing a healthy and robust platform for businesses to interact, as a
way of boosting economic development using Information Communications
Technology (ICT) resources.
To help, according to the Chairman of the company, Mr Gideon Egbuchulam, we
will be targeting, low-income earners and players within the small and medium
enterprises, artisans and all sectors to further contribute to the nation’s economy.
In the last six months, the firm has rolled out some innovative products aimed at
providing solutions to a plethora of societal challenges and ultimately solving and
unemployment nightmare.
“First was efphonetaxi, licensed by the NCC to deploy internet nationwide and
now this e-commerce directory (efcontact.com), which gives every registered
business a mini-website to showcase all their products and services.
“With efcontact.com, there is no need for MSMEs to waste money buying domain
names in dollars, paying for a webmaster to construct their website and
electronically advertise their products and services. It’s actually targeted at low-
income earners,” Egbuchulam said in a statement.
“All the products and services of any registered business can be displayed on
efcontact platform. A tiny company can look like a giant company using that
efcontact. The platform is a new digital economy, a mini website for every
business, whereby any business can post a summary of all of its products and
services, address, phone, and email, or even prices”.
“We do not touch or collect any cash payments from sales and services or ship
products or deliver any products, or take any percentage of users’ profits”.
“Our business is to put together a comprehensive blueprint to businesses and
connecting people for a business grab and most especially provide guidance and c
and care for registered users to reach each other to do business and draw traffic
to their businesses; because the success of any business is a game of numbers.
One cannot compare a business receiving 100 customers daily to one receiving
five,” he said.
He said that the new e-commerce directory has come to change the way
Nigerians will shop and find service providers, professional services, artisans,
products, sellers and government contacts.
Explaining how the platform works, the statement quoted the Technical Director
of the company, Mr. Eben Ikeri as saying that users are required to register
before using the platform.
