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The Convergence Conference (http://waconvergenceconference.net/) holds tomorrow Wednesday, 30th of November inside the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Ikeja, Lagos with a stakeholders’ gathering promising to provide an insightful peep into technology trends in Africa’s most populous country as well as the entire ECOWAS sub-region.
Already billed to lead the conversation on Convergence and Regulation is the Director-General/CEO of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) who is holding talks on ‘Convergence, IT Regulation, and the Promotion of Local Content.’ Pantami has the president of the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr. Olusola Teniola, to share insight from operators’ perspective on regulation and convergence in a session to be chaired by Dr. Sola Afolabi, Chairman, Qitech Technologies Ltd.
More than 460 people have registered online for the this year’s West Africa Convergence Conference (WACC) to underscore the growing interest in the emerging technology issues as they impact on the economy of West Africa.
Companies participating at WACC include the Nigerian Communications Commission, National Information Technology Development Agency, Mira Technologies Limited, ITEX Integrated Services Limited, ICS Ltd, Be Better Foundation, GTE/ Learning Impact NG, VoguePay, Cedarview Communications Ltd., and Fintrak Software Co Ltd.
Others are Jobberman.com, Vconnect, Resource Intermediaries Ltd., Infinix Mobility, Corporate Communications Dept., Zeta-web Nigeria Limited, Data Sciences Limited, Precise Financial Systems, Omatek Computers Plc, nHub, Rack Centre, Sidmach Technologies Limited, Qitech Technologies Ltd, and Bluenap Limited.
WACC 2016 theme is “Engage, Regulate, Leverage, Live Convergence.’ The event is organised annually by Knowhow Media and Market Intelligence International – KMMIIL.
This year, WACC is featuring a session on promoting startups anchored by nHub of Jos, organisers of the yearly software developers competition (HackJos) in Jos, Plateau State, the startup session at WACC 2016 is tagged: ‘Startups as New Drivers of Convergence/Disruptive Technologies,’ and is designed to be the signed-off session for this year’s convergence meet in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.
Sponsors for the session include Startup Session is specially supported by PFS Limited, Qitech Technologies Limited, Sidmach Limited, Data Sciences Nigeria Limited and ATCON. The session is being keynoted by Founder/CEO, Signal Alliance Ltd; Sasware Ltd & Director @ Lagos Angel Network (LAN), Collins Onuegbu. The session is also featuring inspiring remarks (‘Techspirations’) by Founder and Chairperson of Zinox Technologies Limited, Leo Stan Ekeh, Co-founder/Chairman, Sidmach, Mr. Chijioke Anthony Eke, Founder/CEO, Precise Financial System (PFS), Mr. Yele Okeremi, CEO/Board Member, Internet Solutions & President, ATCON, Mr. Olusola Teniola, CEO/MD, Data Sciences Nigeria Limited, Mr. Aniekan Etiebet, Founder/CEO, Nhub, Mr. Daser David, Founder/CEO, eNspire Incubator, Mr. Bankole Oloruntoba and Founder/CEO, StartupArewa, Mr. Ibrahim Mohammed.
By Oluwatobi Opusunju and Collins Nsiah
