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Forum
By Constance Athekame
Abuja, Oct. 10, 2016 (NAN) The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, will be the chief host at the Nigeria Investment Forum on Nov. 15 in Bangkok, Thailand, during the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Telecom World 2016 holding in that country.
This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Tony Ojobo, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Ojobo said that the investment forum will be the highpoint of the country’s participation in the event that is due to run from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17.
He said that the theme for Nigeria’s participation in the 2016 Telecom summit is “ Smart Communities: The Key to a Digital Nigeria,’’ which runs alongside the global theme : “Collaborating in the Digital Economy.’’
He said the forum will create opportunity for industry stakeholders, financiers and entrepreneurs to share experiences and examine key development trends in technology, regulation, policy, business models, services and applications.
Ojobo also said that the forum would deliberate on the vast investment potentials in Nigeria’s fast growing ICT sector.
He said other panelists at the forum include Mr Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman, Etisalat Nigeria, and Ms. Funke Opeke, Managing Director, MainOne Cable Company.
“The forum will be moderated by Dr Henry Nzekwu a consummate multi-sectoral team leader and Executive Vice Chairman of MessageWise Limited,” Ojobo said.
Mr Hamadoun Toure, a former Secretary General of the ITU, has been named the keynote speaker at the forum.
Toure, a founding Executive Director of SMART Africa Alliance and immediate past Secretary General of ITU, is a longstanding champion of ICT as a driver of social and economic development.
Prior to his ascension to the post of Secretary General, Toure previously served as Director of ITU’s Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT) from 1998 to 2006.
Toure’s professional career started in his native land, Mali, in 1979, building a solid career in the satellite industry, serving as Managing Engineer in Mali’s first International Earth Station. (NAN)
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