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Stakeholders and sponsors are increasing for the National Dialogue on Telecommunications and ICT Sector in Nigeria as the D-day for the event approaches. According to organisers, the list now includes Facebook, Airtel, Huawei, VDT Communications, MainOne, and 21st Century Technologies Limited.
Others are PPC, Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Pan African Towers, NiRA, Broadbased Communications, the Government of Plateau State and a host of others.
Organisers, the Association of Telecoms Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) said the industry has expressed much support to underscore the importance of the event. The theme for the gathering is ‘Harnessing the Digital Resources for the building of our National Economy.’ It is to hold Thursday, March 26, 2020 at NAF Conference Centre and Suites, Abuja.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, is expected to deliver a keynote address. Panel discussions at the dialogue is expected to cover areas that include:
- Digital Economy in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities
- Private Public Partnership and Development of Mechanism for the seamless Management of Inter-Ministries and Agencies: an imperative for Broadband Infrastructure Development in Nigeria
- National Funding and Investment Strategy for Broadband Infrastructure and Digital Economy: The Importance of Education and Awareness
- Regulation on Emerging Technologies (AI, IoT, Robotics, Blockchain, etc): Leveraging on Nigerian Young Population’s Innovation and Creativity for National Development
For participation and registration, please click either of the link below:
https://forms.gle/BSNqbTKcikjFb1qr8 or http://atcon.ng/atcon-conference/
Some of the objectives of the National Dialogue include:
- To channel collaborative efforts toward Nigerian Digital Economy with the sole aim of accelerating our economy’s performance in relation to other leading African countries
- To serve as a forum to discuss the recently launched documents on Digital Economy and take stakeholders input for implementation.
- To optimally X-ray the factors that have worked for and against the telecom and ICT sector in Nigeria.
- To discuss regulations and policies around AI, IoT and Blockchain
“The growth across all the sectors of Nigeria’s economy is expected to be exponential as a result of the resolve by the federal government of Nigeria under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy to drive the entire economy through digital resources.
“This strategic dialogue plans to bring together the Presidency, National Assembly, relevant Federal Ministries, State Governors, ICT State Commissioners, Telecom and ICT Operating Companies, World Bank and other international relevant agencies.
“One of the overriding deliverables of this national dialogue on telecoms and ICT sector is that the adoption of digital resources by all aforementioned sectors would lead to development which would eventually make Nigeria to join the league of the top 20 global economies,” said ATCON in statement released in Lagos and signed by its Executive Secretary, Ajibola Olude.
