Dizengoff donates equipment worth $60,000 to Unilag

Equipment manufacturing giant, Dizengoff has donated equipment worth $60, 000 to the University of Lagos in an effort to boost entrepreneurship and innovation among students.

Consultant to the organisation, Mr Kai Wulff, who presented the equipment to the university, said that the equipment would be used to train students and provide solutions to Nigeria’s many problems.

“We are here to kick-start a fruitful and rewarding partnership with the University of Lagos because we are impressed with the level of entrepreneurial work going on here.

“What we have donated here are totally communication network equipment and components of communication network solutions,” he said, reiterating that the university’s efforts in entrepreneurship showed that many more innovations would start from the institution.

“Basically, the equipment itself, the radio, the controllers, the trackers and the software can be taught and played with individually, but it can as well be a proof of concept that universities can design a network and test it out to the real world, if it works.

“We want to see how these equipment will be able to further enhance hands- on experience, especially in the area of communication and technology,” he said.

The consultant said that the company would want to relate with the university deeper, asserting that “with our software development capabilities, our integration capabilities, smart decision-making and cyber securities, we want to be part of it the (university).”

In his remarks, Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said that the partnership would further drive the innovation and entrepreneurial goal of the institution.

He described the donation as heart warming, saying that with the various entrepreneurial activities going on at the university, the institution would soon be Africa’s hub for technological advancement.

The don added that the university was set to go into more collaboration with Dizengoff in the areas of research and development, cyber security and other relevant areas.

“I will say that this is another breakthrough as the gesture is in alignment with the vision we have, which I know the students are going to benefit immensely from.

“The partnership will further push our dreams of making this university an entrepreneurial, innovation and technology hub on the continent, especially going by what our students are doing out there both locally and internationally,” he said.