PMB To Declare e-Nigeria Conference, Awards Open Come Thursday
By Olabisi Olaleye
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday ,28th November, 2019 declare open the 12th edition of e-Nigeria International Conference, Exhibitions and Awards.
The event, which is organized by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is themed: ‘Leveraging Technology and Indigenous Innovation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals’, is scheduled from 28th to 30th.
In a signed statement by Head of Corporate Affairs and External Relations,
Mrs Hadiza Umar said, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations,Aisha Mohammed would deliver the keynote address, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is chief host and Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi CCIE would co-host the event.
Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy
The conference discuss would centre on
creating new job opportunities and economic development through tech innovation; harnessing indigenous innovation and creativity for poverty reduction in Nigeria; leveraging disruptive innovation for achieving good health, national security, anticorruption, and sustainable energy systems; and implications of data protection regulation for open data, big data analytics, and smart initiatives in building a productive national economy.
e-Nigeria is Nigeria’s annual Information Technology Conference hosted by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), a Federal Government Agency under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The event is hosted in collaboration with other relevant stakeholders from both the public and the private sector as well as Non-Governmental Organisations and Academia. It serves as a platform for ICT awareness creation, development of appropriate regulatory instruments and best practices in order to facilitate the positioning of Nigeria in the global Information Society.
