In the spirit of forging closer cooperation, the governments
of India and Nigeria are joining forces to accelerate growth of Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) in both countries, just as the Indo-Africa ICT
Expo 2017, gets date, reports ITRealms.
This, ITRealms gathered
would be the focus of a two-day international conference and exhibition, under
the auspices of Indo-Africa relations, scheduled to hold on September 6th and
7th at the Eko Hotel, Lagos.
The Indo-Africa ICT Expo 2017, ITRealms also gathered, is being
organised by the Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council
(TEPC), an organisation set up by the Government of India to promote and
support export of telecom equipment and services.
The Indian Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications,
Manoj Sinha, in a personal letter to his Nigerian counterpart, Barrister
Abdul-Raheem Adebayo Shittu, noted that “India has emerged as one of the prominent
trade partners for Africa, and has shown complementarities for business to
expand and grow.”
In addition, Mr. Sinha pointed out that IT and Telecom form
the backbone for the growth of any country and Africa has been one of the
fastest growing markets worldwide in ICT adoption and communication technology.
“The relationship and commitment between India and African
countries, Government of India has proposed to host the 3rd edition of
Indo-Africa ICT Expo 2017 in conjunction with IT and Telecom Summit,” he said,
which paved the way for the collaboration of both countries’ ministries in
charge of communications.
He explained that the partnership of both ministries “would
bring together over 100 ICT companies from India and many more from ICT sector
from Africa and attract over 2000 visitors.”
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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