Pantami commissions Nigerian pavilion at GITEX 2022
By Ibiyemi Mathew, Dubai
The Minister of Communications, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has commissioned the Nigerian Pavilion at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition(GITEX) 2022 in Dubai.
While cutting the tape, the Minister who led the Nigerian Delegation which had in its company, the Managing Director/CEO of Galaxy Backbone ltd, Professor Muhammad Bello Abubakar BELLO and the Director General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi said that the country is participating once again in the GITEX conference to attract for being direct investments.
The Nigerian delegation under the leadership of Dr Pantami is with a clear objective and mission at GITEX to network, learn, unlearn and relearn, showcase Nigerian tech solutions to the world, foster the growth of Nigeria’s ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem, attract Foreign Direct Investment, enhance technology transfer, in line with the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria.
According to Pantami, the conference provides an opportunity to export Nigeria’s global technological talent to the world.
The minister also disclosed that two of the Nigerian startups that were sponsored to the conference reached the semi-finals of the competition.
Recall that earlier in the year, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) had stated in a press statement that it is sponsoring four start-ups to this year’s GITEX conference.
GITEX Global 2022 is taking place from 10-14 October, outperforming its previous edition as it hosts more than 4,500 companies and 100,000-plus attendees from 170 countries, spanning 26 halls and two million sq. ft., matching the scale of 33 football fields.
With a fully immersive deep dive into the digital universe, GITEX GLOBAL presents its 3.0 edition with Ai Everything, North Star Dubai (formerly GITEX Future Stars), Fintech Surge, Future Blockchain Summit, and Marketing Mania.
