NITDA To Convene Maiden ICT Conference, Expo
With the successful unveiling of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) recently at the 11th edition of the eNigeria conference and exhibition 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari, ICT stakeholders in Nigeria would again gather for another epoch making event, as the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), a unit of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy is set to convene the maiden edition of the Digital Nigeria Conference and Exhibition.
It would be recalled that federal government had last year declared every October 24 Digital Nigeria Day, to promote the development of the Digital Economy in Nigeria.
And to Commemorate the 2021 Digital Nigeria Day, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has rebranded its eNigeria conference and exhibition to Digital Nigeria Conference and Exhibition and is organising a 5-day conference and exhibition.
According to the Head of Corporate Affairs and External Relations of NITDA, Mrs Hadiza Umar, the Digital Nigeria Conference and Exhibition is a veritable platform for creating awareness, developing appropriate frameworks, and setting goals for best practices in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Nigeria.
The aim of the conference, which would be hosted by NITDA, is to brainstorm on contemporary IT issues of relevance across the globe and to address Nigerian challenges for sustainable socio-economic development.
NITDA stated that the maiden edition is designed to focus on bringing together the Government, Academia, Tech Ecosystem, Venture capitalists, Corporates, and Entrepreneurs to exhibit the Nigerian talents and chart new ways to achieve economic prosperity through the utilisation of Digital Technologies in Nigeria.
The theme for Digital Nigeria 2021 Conference is: “Digital Transformation: Pathway to Sustainable Digital Economy” while the sub-themes are as follows:
1. Digital Transformation-Digital policies, human capital, infrastructure, and relevant initiatives as requisites to building digital Nigeria.
2. Data Protection and National Security NDPR: Evolution and evaluation of data security in Nigeria; Information and insights to harnessing data to solve insecurity problems.
3. Emerging Technologies Adoption of emerging technologies towards building a Digital Nigeria.
4. Threats and opportunities of digital currencies for the Nigerian economy.
5. Digital Inclusion Nigerian digital footprints for digital economic prosperity
6. Innovation and Entrepreneurship- Innovative exploration in creating digital enterprises; Nigerian start-up ecosystem.
The conference is scheduled to hold between 28th to 30th October 2021, with the President declaring it open.
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