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The Nigeria Digital Economy Diagnostics says with improvements in digital connectivity, digital skills, digital financial services and other core areas of digital development, Nigeria can fully unleash new economic opportunities, create jobs and transform people’s lives.
According to one of the organizers of the 7th Summit, Mr. Tola Sogbesan, CEO Axiom Konsulting and a brief interview session with Kayode Oyeyemi, Snr. Programme Officer of Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA), Nigeria as the biggest economy in Africa with one of the largest population of young people in the world, is well-positioned to develop a strong digital economy, which would have a transformational impact on the country and Africa at large.
Through innovations and investments with policies that ensure affordable; safe; secure and resilient Internet, the Nigeria economy can harness digital data and new technologies, generate new content, link individuals with market and government services, and roll out new, sustainable business models.
The report provides an assessment of the state of the country’s digital economy around the five pillars of the Digital Economy for Africa initiative, Digital financial services, digital platform, digital entrepreneurship and digital skills key foundational elements of a digital economy.
He said AfICTA is an alliance which composed of ICT private sector stakeholders from over 30 African nations and has a vision to fulfill the promise of the digital age for everyone in Africa by connecting African ICT players for increased intra Africa trade and collaboration with other Africa countries.
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In addition, it will mobilize the core leadership of Africa ICT professionals and experts in the business community, academic, technical community and civil society to be fully engaged in the global internet Governance muilti-stakeholders dialogues and also organize non- government ICT stakeholders in Africa for effective local and Continental advocacy.
The alliance will also improve on her partnership with the Africa Union and all the regional economic commission towards realizing global sustainable development targets for Africa.
The 7th AfICTA Summit was hosted by KAD Consortium (Kontemporary Konsulting Ltd, Axiom Consulting Ltd and Dotengee Enterprise) on 29th November, 2019 @ the Pavilion, beside International Conference Center, Abuja.
