The Nigerian tech ecosystem is no doubt growing in leaps and bounds. Therefore, the need to create platforms and structures that will further deepen the conversation and help new innovations grow have become imperative.
Neo Media and Marketing, a foremost public relations and event management company backed by an experienced board of advisors with different professional background have therefore announced plans to create an exclusive technology event called the Nigeria International Technology Exhibition and Conference (NITEC 2016) which they say will revolutionalise technology in Nigeria.
Speaking at a press conference in Lagos recently introducing NITEC 2016, Ehi Braimah, the Managing Director/CEO of Neo Media and Marketing, explained the concept behind the event, which is to showcase Nigeria’s technology ecosystem and promote innovative ICT solutions.
Braimah, while speaking at the event, admonished the public and private sectors particularly entrepreneurs to embrace technology and its disruptive nature.
“This is why the slogan for what will become an annual conference and exhibition is ‘Trending Technologies’, a slogan that will ensure each year’s edition captures all the trending issues in technology around the world,” he said.
He added that NITEC 2016 is positioned to bridge the gap between the private and public sectors and the international technology community in re-engineering the African technological ecosystem for greater impact on the continent’s GDP.
According to him, the top reasons why individuals and corporate bodies should exhibit at NITEC 2016 include exposure of products and services to the expected thousands of attendees; exhibition booth (2 days); placement of brand logo on event brochure and website; complimentary wifi, place web banners and share branded gifts at booths.
Also speaking at the event, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, a member of the Board of Advisors opined that NITEC would serve as a platform that will bring together the public, private sectors as well as young innovators.
The team revealed that confirmed speakers at the event include Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, country manager, Google Nigeria; Sunday Folayan, President, Nigeria Internet Registration Agency (NIRA); Vincent Olatunji, Acting Director General, Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); Tunde Coker, MD, Rack Centre; Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC); Zubair Abubakar, Co-Founder, Chopup Games; Simeon Ononobi, Founder, MyAdsApp.com, Yele Okeremi, CEO, Precise Financial Systems; Nkem Begho, CEO, Future Software and others.
The theme of NITEC 2016 is the “Role of Disruptive Technologies in Catapulting the African Continent’s GDP”.
According to the team behind the exclusive technology event, “NITEC hopes reflect the diversity of decision makers in industry, government, mobile network operators, mobile payment service providers, online shopping services, e-commerce companies, among several organisations that offer services using technology.”
Jumoke Akiyode
