Special Public Announcement
It has come to
our notice that a certain entity, PiNet Informatics Limited, a company owned by
Engr. Lanre Ajayi has been falsely making claims of being the first to organize
Nigeria’s technology-Insurance Conference, which is billed to take place in Lagos
soon. For the avoidance of doubt and to calm the nerves of our international
and local partners, Private Media Mart Limited, a Nigerian publicity and event
management firm, has had the honor of being the sole organizers of the first
and only Insurance Technology (InTech) Expo series since 2008.
InTech® Expo and
Conferences is a Registered Trademark of Private Media Mart Limited, designed
to examine, advocate, and streamline the deployment of the tools of information
and communications technology within the insurance sector. The event series
which began in 2008 was meant to examine and review current standards and
encourage the adoption of technology tools in the insurance industry in Nigeria
and Africa with global best practices as reference point; as well as using the
avenue to discuss and ascertain the future direction of the sector; ICT-wise.
From the first
edition in 2008 till the last edition in 2012, the Expo had paraded key
personalities in the local insurance world as well as leading technology brands
with representations from the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN),
National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA),
Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance, major players in IT solutions,
senior media personalities, among other stakeholders.
Having placed
the event series in suspense since 2013, a decision our company (PMM) decided
on to repackage and restructure the event to enable us perfect our agreement
with international partners that’ll make it a resounding success among the very
few global Insurance Technology events, it is pertinent then for us to debunk
the notion that the PiNet Limited cloned version is ‘the first’ in Nigeria.
For the
avoidance of doubt, we make bold to state that the initiator of the e-Insurance
Conference Engr. Ajayi, was the President of the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG)
that turned down the invitation to be part of InTech® at the early stages. Yet
several years down the line, Insurance Technology is now of ‘paramount
importance’ to PiNet Limited. We have no problem with this development neither
are we trying to stifle the interest in technologically sound Insurance sector,
however we are wary of the rationale behind the 'first and only' title from
PiNet, knowing quite well that the title commonly identifies InTech®.
We therefore
urge our partners, sponsors and other stakeholders that may have been misled to
believe that this e-Insurance Conference is the same as the trademarked InTech®
Expo, to be rest assured that our remodeling process is almost complete and
that the International version of InTech® Expo will surely hold this year 2017.
All information concerning this and our efforts in the insurance technology
space in Africa is always published on our blog: http://insurancetechafrica.blogspot.com.ng/
Thank you.
Signed:
Management
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