Nigeria will host a two-day Digital Economy Regional Conference to discuss the future of digital economy and intensify regional public private partnerships for the West-African sub-region.
Policy makers and stakeholders in the digital economy ecosystem in the sub-region will thus converge in Abuja from 31 January to 1 February for the conference.
Director of Media and Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Reuben Muoka, stated this in a press release.
The conference is being hosted by the Federal Goverment, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, in collaboration with the World Bank.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, will deliver the keynote address at the event.
He will be joined by his Federal Capital Territory (FCT) counterpart, Mohammed Bello, to welcome ministers and top government officials from the sub-region.
The conference has as its theme “Positioning West Africa’s Digital Economy for the Future”.
The conference will provide a platform for countries in the region to discuss issues that will strengthen the digital economies in West Africa and, by extension, the continent.
“The Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy stated that the conference will also create an avenue for peer review to accelerate digital transformation.
“It will also increase collaboration to secure partnerships within the region to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, while intensifying regional public-private partnerships for digital economy funding, research, and development.
“It is expected that the gathering will also provide an opportunity to showcase the progress made in the development of digital economy in the West African sub-region.
“It will identify winning strategies, discuss challenges, and prepare for the future in addition to creating awareness of the region’s needs in the areas of policies and framework for the digital economy.
“It will also attract private sponsors for digital transformation in the region,” it was stated in the release.
