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Omatek Computers Plc is planning to invest billions of naira on a new solar panel and electric bulb factory in the country.

? This development is aimed at consolidating on the company’s achievements and its extensive presence in Nigeria.

The company, which clocked 25 years, last December, remains the only quoted computer company on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE). It has led the increasingly competitive Nigerian ICT market as the only company in East, West and Central Africa that produces computers and casings from completely knocked down (CKD) components.

Managing Director and CEO of Omatek Ventures Plc, Mrs. Florence Seriki, in Lagos at the weekend, while announcing a new phase of growth for the company, said the new factory that will take off immediately will have new solar panel and LED bulbs and lighting plants.

According to her, “Our 24 hour Solar/Inverter/battery hybrid solution is a great innovation and is pioneered by Omatek and the first of its kind in Africa. This by itself is major? revenue to providing 24 hour light and power to homes, offices, schools, hospitals and hotels among others.”

Seriki added that “Lighting and Power Solutions were provided via this solution in conjunction with special Omatek LED bulbs. These Bulbs last three to five years without maintenance and our regular 42W Flourescent bulbs had been reduced to 9W for 2ft and 13W for 4ft bulbs; thus reducing consumption by over 85 per cent.”

Tidying up on its financials with funding instruments from offshore and local partners, Omatek, which recorded over a billion naira turnover in 2011 from not just its existing computer products, but also from its newly innovating products such as the 24 hour Solar/Inverter/battery Hybrid Solutions sold to schools, offices and homes, said it was re-kitting its financial base to enable it consolidate and expand its portfolio of services available through its Consumer Scheme Finance? and Omatek Resource Centres.