ABUJA, the Federal Capital of Nigeria, has been chosen as the host city of the inaugural Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition, slated for April 23-25, 2013.
Based on the latest statistics from the International Communications Union (ITU), Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has the largest telecom market, and the highest number of Internet users in the continent as at today.
The three-day Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition will be held at Nicon Luxury Hotel, Abuja.
First Bank of Nigeria Plc, one of Nigeria’s biggest financial institutions with operations throughout the country, as well as, in South Africa, United Kingdom, France and China, has signed up as the official banker of the pan-African ICT event. The bank, a well-established and globally trusted financial brand, provides the revenue collection platform for delegates, sponsors and exhibitors from all over Nigeria, other African countries and the rest of the world.
Speaking during the Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting held in Abuja last weekend for the forthcoming confab, Dr. Evans Woherem, MD/CEO of Compumetrics Solutions Limited, the organiser of the event, said, “departing from the usual gathering of ICT people talking to other ICT people, Digital Africa 2013 deliberately targets sectors of the society that are major consumers of ICT such as government ministries and agencies, agriculture, education, health and national security organisations.
Woherem explained, “the aim of this continental technology conference is to promote a better integrated Africa, using modern ICT tools .
Source :ngrguardiannews.com
