African business leaders including thirty Chief Executive
Officers from Nigeria will gather in Abuja this Tuesday for the 2015
Chief Executive Officer's round table organized by the Africa ICT Alliance,
(AfICTA) with the theme "Mobilizing African Business Leaders for the
future of the Internet" reports ITRealms.
According to AfICTA Chairman, Dr. Jimson Olufuye, the issues
germane to African continuous growth and development would top the agenda.
For him, there has been little voice by African business
leaders in internet governance, pointing out that the forum would activate
wider African business voices and content on the global business discourse in
the area of Internet Governance, Domain Name System industry, cyber and
information security, Intellectual property rights, create access to venture
capitals to enhance, sustainable business, and articulate and advise on
strategic policy for business and governance.
The forum, he said attract speakers like the Director-General
of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Peter Jack,
Dr M.O. Afolabi, the Trade and Transport Enabling Environment Lead at the USAID
West Africa Trade Hub Network and African Partnership Project, Pierre Dandjinou
, ICANN's Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement for the Africa region, Dr
Waudo Siganga, Chairman Computer Society of Kenya, Marilyn Cade, President of
ICT Strategies, mCADE LLC, USA among other international speakers.
Olufuye explained that the exclusive business leaders’ forum
will be conducted each year across member African economies giving
consideration for national business leaders’ voice to be active national,
regional and global engagement in Internet public policy discourse.
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