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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced a new date for the eNigeria conference, exhibitions and awards event. Originally scheduled to hold from 12th–14thNovember, with the theme: ‘Leveraging Technology and Indigenous Innovation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals’, the event will now hold from 28th– 30th November, 2019.
The Conference will also feature discussions on:
- Creating New Job Opportunities and Economic Development Through Technological 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.
President Muhammadu Buhari will declare the conference open according to a statement released in Abuja, at the weekend, by Head of Corporate Affairs and External Relations, NITDA, Mrs. Hadiza Umar.
Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, will deliver the keynote address.
The chief host for eNigeria 2019 is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami while the event’s convener and co-host is the agency’s Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.
eNigeria is Nigeria’s annual IT summit by the NITDA in collaboration with relevant stakeholders from the private and public sector as well as non-governmental organizations. It serves as a platform for ICT awareness creation, developing appropriate framework and setting goals for best practices in order to encourage appropriate positioning of Nigeria in the global Information Society.
