Ekweremadu, Johnson for 2014 Digital Africa, World Electronics Forum

Senator Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the Senate and Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, will lead other delegates to this year’s Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition, slated for May 20-22 in Lagos.

Similarly, leading public and private sector institutions with interest in igniting technology innovation by educating future and present African leaders have invested sponsorship capital in the Conference & Exhibition.

These institutions include National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Chams PLC, VDT Communications, Interswitch, ChamsAccess Limited, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and Central Securities Clearing Systems (CSCS), among others.

Unveiling the sponsors, Dr. Evans Woherem, chairman, Digital Africa Global Consult Limited, organisers of the conference said, “Sponsorship of the 2014 edition of the Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition by public and private sector leaders in the information and communication technology industry is a testament to the relevance of its vision, theme and content.”

Dr. Woherem added that, “We are particularly delighted to have National Information and Technology Development Agency as the lead sponsor and partner of Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition; and VDT Communications and Chams PLC as gold sponsors. The high levelsupport from our sponsors, especially NITDA, is the outcome of our commitment to the promotion of Nigerian content in the local and global information and communication technology space. Other sponsors include Interswitch (silver sponsor); ChamsAccess Limited, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and Central Securities Clearing Systems Limited as bronze sponsors respectively.”

The vision of Digital Africa Global Consult Limited is to move Africa from a passive consumer to a dominant innovator and user of digital technologies.

It seeks to make this a reality through its theme ‘Towards Digital Singularity in Africa’ which brings global and local business leaders as well as organisations together to facilitate the continued, responsible growth of the African economy through the development of the local information and communication technology industry.

Others policy makers billed to speak during the conference which will be chaired by Mr. Folusho Phillips include, Mr. Peter Jack, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, and Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission.

Global information and communications technology industry experts billed to speak at the conference include Tony Smith, President, World Electronics Forum (WEF), Shawn Dubravac, Chief Technology Analyst, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Robin Raskin, CEO, Lliving in Digital Times, and Mike Johns, President, Digital Mind State, United States of America.

Consolidating the success of the inaugural edition last year, a new feature tagged Discovery Hall has been added to the Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition.

It is a special exhibition section dedicated to showcasing the ideas, products, services and innovations of your technology entrepreneurs from Nigeria and other African countries.