The Nigerian government has officially unveiled its plans for this year’s GITEX Global with the inauguration of a GITEX 2022 Local Organising Committee (LOC). The committee is charged with ensuring the country is adequately prepared for the five day event being held in Dubai, UAE from 10th to 14th October.
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, urged the LOC members to see the task as a national assignment even as he reiterated that NITDA sees GITEX as a strategic window to provide additional exposure to Nigeria’s start-up ecosystem as well as open opportunities for other stakeholders in government and private sector to leverage diverse business advantages and partnerships.
He said, “Nigeria’s participation will focus on promoting and getting the exposures and deals for Nigerian ventures.”
The LOC members are a mix of stakeholders from the public and private sectors. They include those from the Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), National Data Protection Bureau (NPDB), Cherry Brooks Ltd, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Smartweb, and Domineum Blockchain Solutions Ltd among others.
GITEX plays a significant role in helping individuals, enterprises and governments from over 170 countries to pitch their ideas and businesses for investments and partnerships. GITEX Global 2022 is six events in one including the AI Conference, North Stars (Global future Stars), Future Blockchain Summit, Fintech Surge, Tech Marketing Mania, and Global DevSlam.
