Socketworks

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Socketworks Limited (Socketworks or the company) is a privately held Nigerian limited liability corporation. It was established in June 2002. It has been supported by the IFC since this time by way of capacity-building and advisory support services through the African Project Development Facility (APDF). Socketworks is a software and outsourcing company that aims to provide packaged ICT solutions to its clients. In the education market, it has developed software (trademarked CollegePortal) that has been endorsed by the Nigerian Universities Commission as the most suitable management software for Nigeria’s universities. Socketworks’ packaged solution for universities is helping universities automate their processes (eg: student admissions and registration, course selection, course management, exam management, facility management) that are currently done manually and is providing internet access that would not otherwise be available. These services are making an enormous difference to universities in Nigeria that otherwise have no ICT systems. Socketworks is currently focused on the Nigerian markets, but has ambitions to expand to other countries in Africa.