Buhari to open eNigeria this Thursday as event focuses on national digital economy

President Muhammadu Buhari will this Thursday, November 28, declare open the eNigeria conference, exhibitions and awards.  The event is the flagship conference of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

Register to attend at: https://enigeria.gov.ng

The event holds 28^th– 30^th November, 2019 with the theme: ‘National Digital Economy’ with a keynote presentation expected to be made by Founder/CEO of MainOne, Ms Funke Opeke.

Other sub themes  include ‘Developing infrastructure for the digital economy in the fourth industrial revolution;  Creating digital job opportunities through  developmental regulation; and Experts review of Nigeria’s draft digital economy policy and strategy.’  

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.

The chief host and convener for eNigeria 2019 is the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami while the event’s host and convener is NITDA’s Director-General/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi.

All heads and CEOs of agencies under the ministry are co-hosts and co-conveners. They include the EVC of Nigerian Communications Commission  (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta; CEO of Nigocmsat, Ms Abimbola Alale; CEO of Galaxy Backbone Limited, Mr. Yusuf Kazaure; and Post Master General/CEO of NIPOST, Barrister Bisi Adegbuyi.

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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.

This year’s event is supported by the NCC, NIPOST, Galaxy Backbone Limited, Nigcomsat Limited,  NiRA, Huawei, Microsoft and  Zinox.