Presidency picks preferred vendor for PEBEC tech

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has picked L5 Lab, a leading indigenous venture development company, as the preferred vendor for the production and provision of technical support services for its proposed PEBEC technology solution.

The technology is meant to empower citizens to monitor, evaluate and provide feedback on services received from government agencies.

According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, in Abuja on Thursday, L5 Lab has incubated successful businesses such as Jobberman, Cheki, Kamdora, Pass.ng, Oya and Betazoo.

The statement said the company focuses its efforts on finding and developing great leadership teams and backing them to implement ideas and build businesses at par with the world’s best.

It quoted Chika Nwobi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of L5 Lab as saying: “We are very pleased to work with the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) in building this solution.

“We are convinced that a solution like this would help to drive the change that the government wants and L5 Lab is determined to play our role in helping the Council achieve its objective to make business work in Nigeria.”

The statement recalled that in a bid to institutionalize accountability and transparency in FG Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), PEBEC had on June 24 and 25, 2017, organized a Hackathon tagged #PEBECHack in Lagos, Nigeria.

According to the Presidency, the competition brought together 60 young techpreneurs (15 teams), shortlisted from almost 300 applications, to compete on developing a prototype solution that would allow citizens monitor, provide feedback and make complaints about the quality of services received from key MDAs and at strategic entry-point locations such as airports, seaports and land borders.

It noted that L5 Lab will manage the transition of the winning prototype to production with a timeline to go live by October 1, 2017.

“The preferred vendor is also expected to provide round-­the-­clock support and upgrades of the solution for an initial period of one year after go-­live,” it added.