At Astract 9, We Create Digital Experiences
The year 2016 was a year of many shocks and unpredictable happenings. The ripple effects have been so far reaching people wonder how the whole world hasn’t crashed and burned yet. We do know some men just want to watch the world burn, but we are full of hope for a better future anyway because why not?
For us at Astract 9, 2016 was basically a steep learning curve, we had to learn fast. After being in the digital marketing space for 4 years, we were finally thrust into a position where we had to truly diversify our portfolio and constantly reinvent ourselves to keep with the times. And as anybody who has ever tried to run a business in Nigeria can probably tell you: it is quite challenging.
WHO ARE WE?
If we were to describe what we do in one sentence, it would be this; We create digital experiences. You probably think that’s cliche, don’t you? Astract9 is a full service internet marketing and software development outfit. Our services include:
- Web/Mobile/Application Development
- Internet Marketing (Digital Campaigns, Email, Digital Display Networks, Google Adwords, Facebook, the whole 9 yards)
- Content Creation/Marketing (Includes social media, press briefings and blogposts)
- Branding/Graphics/Video Animation
We service a diverse range of clients, from small entrepreneurs who just want a visible presence on the internet to large organizations who require custom built solutions specifically tailored to their needs. Our client list includes Red Media, Laterna Ventures, MAX Delivery, Safi.ng, YNaija, Whogohost, The Firmgate Group, The Next Economy among others.
Our team is made up of a diverse set of professionals with varying skill-sets who come together to give shape and form to our client requests. We make use of an effective decentralized system of work which promotes collaboration and innovation. Our mantra is to keep innovating because if you stop innovating, you effectively stop growing and the Nigerian market will sweep you under the rug.
SO WHAT’S NEXT FOR 2017?
Well for us, the year never really ended, we’re always on the move, working and making our clients happy. 90% of the work that comes to us is referral based so the goal is to keep churning out quality work and exploiting our word of mouth referrals, in terms of new plans for 2017 — these are some;
- Leverage more on partnerships with Hosting Providers in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa to provide a more holistic service offering to their users. We are currently in partnership with Whogohost and we are looking to replicate that with other hosting providers such as Gigalayer, Web4Africa, Afrihost, Grannator etc
- Create more social impact projects that focuses on Students in the University of Lagos, especially in courses like Computer Science, English language, Mass Communications on ways to leverage their skillset in the brave new world of the internet of things.
- Create digital marketing products that sets the tone to standardize the digital client service industry in terms of quality, pricing and client expectations
We embark on this journey with a strong team of 10 young and vibrant individuals with a heart filled with hope and a mind ready to overcome every challenge we might face.
Again, we face a lot of those.
We thank all our clients so far, we thank you for putting your trust in us and we vow to do better and be better.
If you are interested in building amazing products and offering truly valuable services, shoot me an email and let’s do some work — chuka@astract.com
We look forward to meeting you in 2017! LET’S GO!
With so much love…
Chuka Ekeledo
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