VP Osinbajo, Ex President John Mahama to speak at African Industrial & Development Conference in Abuja
Accelerating his rapid ascent in international policy and as a transformational and charismatic leader John Mahama, former President of Ghana will set the tone as the keynote speaker at the upcoming African Industrial and Development Conference and Awards 2022 scheduled to hold on 8-9 September 2022 at the Fraser Suites and Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria.
The two-day Conference & Awards organised by Dotmount Communications, in partnership with Yahoo Finance and the Associated Press (AP), with support from the Times of Jerusalem and CNN themed: “Driving Innovation and Enabling Transformation in Digital Economy” seeks to have a critical and empirically-grounded solution based discussion around the potentials and realities of African digital economy.
The key thrust of the two-day conference will provide opportunities to discuss and entertain topics that stretch into the latest advances in artificial intelligence and related innovations that are expanding the frontiers of the digital revolution.
Speaking about the conference, Adedotun Olaoluwa, founder & president of Dotmount Communications said that the 2022 edition will assemblage of national and global policymakers, business leaders, finance experts, development partners, and sector regulators that will lead and participate in sessions focused on fostering trade and market openness in the digital economy in Africa.
“We are truly honored to host former President of Ghana John Mahama as the keynote speaker at the African Industrial and Development Conference and Awards.
"As a transformational political leader, we are sure that the participants at the conference will appreciate hearing his perspectives on growing intra-African trade through digital transformation.
Much has been said about the potential of the digital economy in Africa, but predictions and proclamations are often made in the absence of evidence.
"Over the last few years, policy-makers have predicted that Africa’s rapidly changing connectivity will lead to radical changes in human welfare and economic development. We, therefore_ see a need to foster a critical and empirically-grounded discussion around the potentials and realities of African digital economies."
John Mahama will be joined by Nigeria's minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Pantami who will also deliver remarks at the conference, Ambassador of the European Union to Nigeria and to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Ms Samuela ISOP will speak on re-engineering African trade with the European Union, former Vice President of Bank of America, Dr Remi Duyile will speak on Understanding Digital Transformation and Designing Policy under Uncertainty.
Other speakers include the Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi, Managing Director, Global Infoswift Technologies Oke Afolabi, Babatunde Fowler, former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), President, Platinium Vault Group Dr Ibrahim Bello Dauda , Felix Achibiri Chairman/CEO, DFC Holdings and Dr. Olajide Babatunde, Special adviser to Lagos state Governor on eGIS and Physical planning.
This conference presents an opportunity to further the conversations and network around the shared values of progress, development, and advancement for our continent.
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