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IT Management · 1 Apr 2026 · 6 min read
IT Outsourcing vs. In-House IT
A clear-eyed breakdown of the real costs, risks, and benefits of outsourcing IT management vs. building an internal IT team.
Many Nigerian businesses are still running IT on a break-fix model — calling an engineer when something breaks. Here is why that is costing more than a managed service, and how to think about the decision clearly.
The real cost of in-house IT
A single mid-level IT administrator in Lagos costs ₦2M–₦3.5M/month in salary alone, before benefits, NSITF, pension, training, and replacement costs when they leave.
What a managed service changes
Orglobal's IT Management service operates on transparent SLAs: 99.9% uptime target, 4-hour response time for critical incidents, monthly reporting.