The Federal Government's owned infrastructure company, Galaxy Backbone Ltd has entered partnership
with United Kingdom-based Extensia to host the Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit 2016 in
Abuja, reports ITRealms.
Head, Stakeholder Management, Galaxy Backbone Ltd, Mr. Franklyn Ginger-Eke, made this disclosure to ITRealms, saying that the IAD Summit focuses on
Africa’s growth and development by taking full advantage of the huge
investments in ICT connectivity and innovation.
“The summit brings diverse stakeholders ranging from
Government Agencies and Departments, MNOs, Telcos, ISPs, Financial
Institutions, Retailers and other customer facing service providers to
deliberate and develop strategies that leverage ICT innovations for economic
developments. IAD Summit 2016 will be held from April 19th – 21st at Transcorp
Hilton Hotel Abuja Nigeria with Galaxy Backbone/Ministry of Communications as
the summit partners,” he said.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Galaxy Backbone Ltd, Mr. Yusuf Kazaure, was quoted in a press statement
available to ITRealms as saying the key benefit of hosting the 2016 edition is
that “Nigeria being the most connected country on the African continent, the
IAD Summit in Abuja will publicly demonstrate the importance of ICT as a
central pillar to Nigeria’s socio – economic development. Also, it provides valuable opportunity to
demonstrate Nigeria’s role as a regional leader and role-model for other
African nations”.
IAD Summit 2016 with the theme, 'Harnessing Africa's Digital
Growth' will assess how ICT can support national and regional development
objectives, engagement strategies, operational efficiencies and QoS
improvements.
As a demonstration of Nigeria’s commitment to ensure a truly
pan-African summit, the Minister of Communications Adebayo Shittu has sent out
letters of invitation to over 50 Ministers of ICT from different African
nations.
Attendees will include Ministers of ICT, Heads of Regulatory
Authorities, CXOs from telecoms service providers and High-Throughput ICT end
Users from across Africa together with a select number of solution providers,
vendors, consultants and investors who can support key business requirements.
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