Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the vice president of the Federal republic of Nigeria, will declare open this year’s eNigeria Expo and Conference 2016.
Osinbajo is also the Special Guest of Honour at the event which holds at International Conference Centre, Abuja from November 22nd - 24th 2016.
The conference which has been themed “Leveraging on IT Innovation for Economic Diversification" is in line with the Nigerian government's policy thrust of diversifying the economy to cope with the rapidly dwindling revenues from the oil sector. Nigeria’s ICT sector has experienced tremendous growth and it has been identified as a credible alternative to oil as a main source of income for the country.
The expo and conference which is in its ninth year is an annual information Technology (IT) summit organized by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) aims to bring key players entrenched in innovation as well as foreign stakeholders together to share experiences, identify challenges and propose strategies for using ICT-enabled innovation and entrepreneurship to diversify the economy and create jobs.
Over the years, eNigeria has created a veritable platform for ICT awareness creation, developing the appropriate framework and setting goals for best practices to position Nigeria in the global information society.
Considering the significance and influence on the growth of ICT landscape that the event is characterized of, stakeholders have put their strong support behind the success of the event once again.
According to Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, director general of NITDA, “ eNigeria is the biggest ICT event by the Nigerian government and has become a platform to explore collaborations between government and private sector players.
Highlights of the summit include discussions on tech start-ups, cyber security, local content and e-government.
Others include NITDA-Nihilient eGovernance Awards, Selfie and Barbecue Night and Women in ICT Dinner and Recognition.
Mrs. Hadiza Umar, head, Corporate Affairs at NITDA, in a press release confirmed that the high calibre conference speakers in the ICT landscape like Leo Stan Ekeh, founder, Zinox Technologies , Austin Okere Founder, CWG, Olusola Teniola, President of the Association Telecoms Companies of Nigeria, ATCON;
Others are Mr. Yele Okeremi, CEO of Precise Financial Systems , Juliet Ehimuen Google Nigeria Country Manager , Dipo Faulkner, Country General Manager, IBM Nigeria, Michelle Messina, Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner at Chanzo Capital, John Tani Obaro, MD/CEO of Systemspecs, James Agada, CEO, Computer Warehouse Group, Tope Aladenusi, Partner, Risk Advisory, Deloitte Nigeria Helen Anatogu, Programme Director and CEO at Ideahub and a host of other notable speakers have confirmed their attendance.
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