Africa Tech Alliance Forum 2021 (#AfriTECH) has received support from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), African ICT Foundation (AfictF) and InnovationBed Africa.
The hybride event, which will hold both online and physical, is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos, and has Zoho Corporation as the Lead Sponsor.
Audience at #AfriTECH2021 will cut across C-Suite Executives, Founders, Presidents of Companies/Organisations, Presidents of Industry Associations, Startups/Entrepreneurs and Government officials, etc.
A statement signed by the editor of TechEconomy.ng and the organisers of #AfriTECH2021, Peter Oluka, noted that COVID-19 has pushed businesses over the technology tipping point—and transformed business forever.
“Recent surveys and reports from PwC, Microsoft, McKinsey, IDC, etc., find that responses to COVID-19 have speeded the adoption of digital technologies by several years—and that many of these changes could be here for the long haul. It is important to know how these apply to your organisation and how to source the skills needed to sustain your organisation”, he said.
This, Oluka added, informed the choice of the central theme of the Forum: ‘Embracing Change and Digital Transformation in the ‘New Normal’.
The Country Manager for Microsoft Nigeria, Olatomiwa Williams will deliver the keynote address.
Other confirmed special guests and speakers are executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC,)Prof Umar Garba Danbatta; , director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; managing director/CEO, Galaxy Backbone Limited, Prof. Muhammed Abubakar; managing director/CEO, Rack Centre, Dr Ayotunde (Tunde) Coker; and chief technical officer, Digital Encode Limited, Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde.
Others include chairman, Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON),Engr. Gbenga Adebayo; President, Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Ikechukwu Nnamani; president, Nigeria Computer Society, Prof. Adesina Sodiya; MD/CEO, Cloudflex Computing Service Limited, Mr. Aderemi Adejumo and president, Africa ICT Foundation (AFictF),Mr. Tony Ojobo.
President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association of Nigeria (NiRA),Mr. Muhammed Rudman; president, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu; CEO/Managing Partner at Zinochrome Int’l Jude Ozinegbe; MD/CEO, Notion Technology Limited, Mr. Gbenga Nana, and MD/CEO, NewWave Ecosystems Limited, Mr. Femi Williams will also be on ground to discuss issues.
The Forum sponsored by Zoho (Platinum sponsor), Rack Centre, CloudFlex Computing Limited, Digital Encode, Galaxy Backbone Limited, Notion Technologies, NewWave Ecosystems Limited (Konn3ct.com) and Zinochrome International Nigeria Limited, also enjoys supports from the Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Association of Licensed Telecom Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON).
Participation at the Forum is free, but participants are expected to pre-register via the link: https://africatechallianceforum.africa/ to have opportunity to witness the keynote address, goodwill messages, product launches, brand promotion, panel sessions and the inaugural #AfriTECH Awards/recognition.
