Segun Ogunsanya, Airtel MD to Deliver Keynotes at NITEC'16

Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, managing director, Airtel Nigeria, will deliver the keynote address at this year's Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (#NITEC2016).

Ogunsanya will be joined by tons of other distinguished speakers including Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC); Vincent Olatunji, acting director general, Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, country manager, Google; Afolabi Imoukhuede, SSA to the President on Job Creation; Kola Aina, CEO, Emerging Platforms Group; Sunday Folayan, President, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA); Nnamdi Ekeh, Founder, Yudala.com.

Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. "CFA", founder, techsmart.ng, and one of the lead team members for NITEC 2016, confirmed to Nigeria CommunicationsWeek on Monday evening that other confirmed speakers are Tunde Coker, MD, Rack Centre; Zubair Abubakar, Co-Founder, Chopup Games; Simeon Ononobi, Founder, MyAdsApp.com, Yele Okeremi, CEO, Precise Financial Systems; Nkem Begho, CEO, Future Software, Charles Emembolu, Co-Founder, TechQuest and many more.

"The Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (NITEC 2016) is designed to be one of the largest annual tech gathering in Nigeria and this maiden edition promises to be richly rewarding with 50+ confirmed speakers and panelists and over 500 registered guests.

"Simply put, NITEC 2016 will be a veritable platform to truly look at various disruptive technologies and how they can help Africa grow.

"Nigeria Int'l Technology Exhibition & Conference, (NITEC) 2016 holds at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on June 23 & 24, 2016 from 9.00am – 4.00pm," he said.

Theme for this year's conference is "The Role of Disruptive Technologies in Catapulting the African Continent’s GDP"

"We give our profound appreciation to our partners starting with Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Zinox Group, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), Airtel Nigeria, Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Yudala.com, Emerging Platforms, Precise Financial Systems, Lenovo, Neo Media & Marketing, Centre for Values in Leadership, TechSmart.ng and VP Hub.

"Others are Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, Rise Networks, Enterprise Development Centre, Digital Encode, KITBENJ, Fate Foundation, Eset Nigeria, Lipton, Emerge Tech, Cool FM, Voguepay, Nigeria Info, Adna Hotel, Idaiworld Events, Avedge, Kotivu and many more," CFA added.

NITEC 2016 will be a fusion of the public and private sectors as well as the start-ups and student communities and the ultimate purpose will be to better position Africa/Nigeria for the 4th revolution.

For further enquiries, registration and sponsorship, please, call Vincent on 08069154248 or Ebose on 07018074017 or visit http://www.nitec.com.ng