The Tribe Media
Company (TMC) and organizers of Cyber Nigeria Forum (CNF), has disclosed that
come May 23, the third edition of the forum will take place.
The President and chief
executive officer (CEO), Tribe Media Company, Dr. Bayero Agabi, made this
disclosure to DigitalSENSE
Business News, saying that the event which debut in 2009 held bi-annually
since inception, and remains the only Internet event in the country bringing
together relevant stakeholders across Nigeria and beyond to examine the
benefits of the internet.
He also told DigitalSENSE Business News that
the forum assesses the Internet's contribution to Nigeria’s economy, and discussions
focus on enterprise, creativity, innovation and consumption.
He noted that although
the Internet's impact on global growth is rising rapidly and is a haven of
economic activity, ranging from millions of daily online transactions to
advertising, communications and smartphone downloads little is known about how
the web in its entirety contributes to economic growth, productivity, and job
creation.
“Cyber Nigeria Forum
has become the preeminent Nigerian Internet event where entrepreneurs, CEOs of
internet solution companies, investors, government and the youth gain deep
insights into the Economics of the cyberspace, network, analyse, policies and
regulations and new business relationships.
The 2014 Forum, he
said offers a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impact of Internet
related businesses and innovations on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
and growth, drawing inference from global statistics, while also considering
the most relevant tools governments and businesses could deploy to get the most
benefit from the digital transformation.
Agabi told DigitalSENSE Business News that CNF
2014 will provide a platform for service providers to share their innovative
edge; how they are able to follow global technological trends in offering
services that boost enterprises and improve government services in areas such
as e-commerce, e-health, e-banking, cloud service, big data the internet of
things among other.
The event will hold
alongside the Africa Information Society Merit Awards (AISMA) - an award
instituted in 2009 to honour consistent and profound contributions to the
continent’s knowledge economy.
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