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Sunday, July 06, 2025

Nigeria Blue Economy Policy: 1.5trn plus GDP opportunity by Soji Adeleye - ITREALMS

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Advocacy for the green economy was seen as discriminatory and condescending - the rich countries telling the poor South how to manage their affairs for the benefit of human kind. 
Nigeria Blue Economy Policy: 1.5trn plus GDP opportunity by Soji Adeleye - ITREALMS
It was considered a call for sacrifice by the poor countries to mitigate projected risk to the global climate, while the present state of the earth climate was to a considerable extent the consequence of uninhibited industrialization by the wealthy countries.

Sunday, September 10, 2023

NCC says telecom contribution to GDP hits 16% - ITREALMS

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As at the end of second quarter of 2023, the telecommunications sector's contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent, reports ITREALMS.
L-R: Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Ubale Maska; Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, VDT Communications Limited, Biodun Omoniyi; Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta and President, Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Tony Emoekpere, at Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum hosted by ATCON in Lagos on Thursday (September 7, 2023).
This is contained in the data reported by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the computation by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Thursday, August 24, 2023

NCC: Telecoms sector soars in GDP controbution - ITREALMS

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Nigerian Telecommunications industry has continueb to soar in contributions to the nations Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in efforts at growing the socio-economic growth of the country, reports 
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The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC/CEO) Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta made this known at the second edition of Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE) held at the Landmark Center, Victoria Island, Lagos with the theme: “Harnessing Indigenous Content for Economic Growth; Networking to boost Investments."

Friday, June 09, 2023

NBS: How Nigerian telecoms garnered N2.508 trn - ITREALMS

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Nigerian telecommunications and Information Services sector has, in the first quarter 2023, delivered a total of N2.508 trillion in terms of financial value contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), representing 14.13 per cent, reports 
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NBS: How Nigerian telecoms garnered N2.508 trn  - ITREALMS
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the sector recorded a 4.3 per cent increase from its performance in the last quarter of 2022 when it recorded 13.55 per cent.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Pantami applauds ICT’s 17.92% contributions to GDP - ITREALMS

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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has applauded consistent growth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) contributions to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which hit 17.92 per cent in the last quarter of 2020, and in the first quarter of 2021, and continued on an impressive trajectory.
The Minister, who gave the figures at the opening of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU’s) – (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) FCDO Roundtable, and Technical Workshop on Building Capabilities for Sustainable and Inclusive Digital Transformation in Nigeria, said this “percentage is unprecedented, and this is only the contribution of ICT to our GDP without calculating digital services”.

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Danbatta: ICT sector contributed over N17trn to GDP in 2021 – ITREALMS

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The Information and Communications Technology sector in Nigeria contributed over N17 trillion to the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the economy in 2021, reports 
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Prof. Umar Danbatta at WCRD2022
The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta made this disclosure at the 2022 commemoration of the World Consumer Rights Day held in Abuja.

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

12.45% GDP: Telecoms leads other sectors to take Nigeria out of recession - ITREALMS

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the telecommunications sector under the supervision of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) contributed some 12.45 percent to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the sector is leading other sectors of the economy in efforts to take Nigeria out of recession, reports 
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Latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made available to 
ITREALMS, telecommunications & Information Services under Information and Communication grew by 17.64 per cent in the last quarter (Q4) of 2020 from 17.36 per cent in Q3 2020 and 10.26 per cent in Q4 2019.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

STEM: African women in ICT can boost continental GDP - Celine Bremaud

The Sales, Marketing and Operations Vice President at Microsoft  for Middle East and Africa,  Celine Bremaudrecently spoke to Victor Onyeka-Ben,  on the company’s STEM education in Africa. Excerpts:

 
Q: What is the level of acceptance of STEM education in Africa? How has your program impacted on women in the continent? Has enough been done by your organization to improve the situation on the ground in Africa?

It’s estimated that by 2020, 80 percent of all jobs will require some sort of STEM qualification but Africa is lagging behind the rest of world in terms of investments in STEM education and workforce development.

Microsoft has a long history of supporting STEM education on the continent with a particular focus on the “T” for technology and computer science education. Our work has primarily focused on closing the “digital divide” - helping students, educators, and young adults gain the basic digital literacy and learning skills required in today’s technology-driven world.

When it comes to women, Microsoft also realizes that women of all ages are underrepresented in STEM fields. It’s a well-known fact that globally, only 14 percent of the STEM workforce consists of females. Having more women enter the STEM workforce will in turn drive economic growth, equality and innovation. In fact, bringing 600 million additional women to the ICT sector can boost the GDP of developing countries by an estimated US$13 billion. We therefore want to create a culture where more women are attracted to STEM and see themselves having a career path in the technology industry.

With this in mind, Microsoft is actively empowering young girls on the continent to study STEM subjects at school and university and encouraging women to pursue careers in STEM fields. We have many programmes aimed at increasing participation of women in STEM fields across the continent.

Our most recent programme is our annual #MakeWhat’sNext campaign in celebration of International Women's Day. On an annual basis, Microsoft launches an awareness campaign globally and regionally to encourage young women to pursues careers in STEM with a particular focus on computer science. This year, the campaign covered 14 countries in the Middle East and Africa reaching over 23 million young women and parents. We also upskilled over 293, 600 young girls with the main goal of the campaign being to address the stereotypes and misconceptions that discourage women from pursuing careers in STEM.  The campaign ran from International Women's Day on 8 March and culminated on International Day for Girls in ICT which falls on 26 April.

Q: How have the programs assisted in advancing the ideals of STEM especially in bridging the gender gap particularly in the region(s) that you cover?

Microsoft is involved in a wide range of programs aimed at attracting, recruiting, retaining, and developing women from around the world in the field of computer technology and STEM subjects. We have embarked on a variety of initiatives in the in MEA region to that effect. Here are some of our flagship programs:

Microsoft Digital Skills program is a global program that seeks to ensure that all youth have the opportunity to learn digital skills and computer science through unique programs and partnerships with governments, business, and non-profit organizations such as Code.org.

Under this initiative, we also sponsored a number of programs dedicated to empowering women such as:

à Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative
The Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative will partner with the Federal and State Ministries of Women Affairs across 12 states in Nigeria to establish the Nigerian Women Techmakers program, an experiential learning program aimed at building digital literacy, coding and analytical skills in young women. The Nigerian Women Techmakers program will train 2,400 young women through a three-month program that includes technical training, mentoring, hackathons and workshops.

à The African Centre for Women, Information & Communications Technology
The African Centre for Women, Information & Communications Technology (ACWICT) creates opportunities for youth from poor and disadvantaged areas in Kenya to pursue careers in the technology industry. 9,000 young women are introduced to digital skills training, including introduction to computer systems, hardware and software components, computer applications, and programming and coding.

à FAWE (Forum for African Women Educationalist)
Microsoft has also supported FAWE since 2016 in 10 African countries to train youth, teachers and students to adopt and use STEM curricula, teaching and learning materials and classroom practices that are gender-responsive. This is conducted through at least 30 schools per country with each center reaching over 1,000 girls directly. In 2017, two teams per country presented their innovations at a Pan-African Innovation competition in Lusaka Zambia.

à Aspire Women
Aspire Women is an Egyptian initiative to help underserved women realize their career dreams, by breaking the barriers hampering their socio-economic development. The three-year program was designed to empower 25,000 young women in Egypt through access to technology.

à Leveraging our employees
Microsoft ran mentorship programs in Kenya and Egypt benefitting 600 young women with skills development and career enablement in technology and business.


à Cloud Startup Academy
Microsoft also launched the Cloud Startup Academy to help women entrepreneurs launch businesses with the help of cloud technology. Since launching the program, 22 new cloud-based startups have been created and 19 women have been placed in permanent jobs.

Q: Are you willing to partner with NGOs in taking the program closer to women? Will you for instance, have a working partnership with Africanewscircle.com or other NGOs known to it to take the STEM program closer to women across Africa?

Microsoft does most of its philanthropic work on the continent either with or through nonprofits. We rely on our nonprofit partners to share learnings and bring opportunities to the most underserved populations and we have multiple partners across the Middle East and Africa. We’ve mentioned a few of them above but we also work with many others across the region.

Q: What do you think should be done to get more women involved in STEM education? Are you doing that already or have done anything in that direction?

At Microsoft, we believe diversity fosters greater innovation. With this belief in mind, we strive to be a leader in attracting women to careers in technology. We start early in the pipeline by sparking girls’ interest in technology careers. We promote the study of computer science at traditionally women’s colleges and other universities. We also invest in women-focused organizations, seek out women-owned suppliers, and provide support to women once they are employees at Microsoft.

Understanding the need to invest in a future workforce that is diverse and inclusive, we’ve created specific programs around the development and hiring of diverse talent, including high school internship programs and college recruiting efforts such as YouthSpark, DigiGirlz and Explore Microsoft internships.

Our annual #MakeWhatsNext initiative aims to increase the number of girls interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers by introducing them to lesser-known female inventors. We believe that by expanding these young girls’ imaginations by showing them what's possible in STEM fields will attract more women to STEM fields.

Q: How widespread or accessible, is your digital program to women in Africa? Can you give specific examples of where you have implemented the digital program in Africa? Do you have plans of expanding the program?

We have implemented programs in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Senegal, Cote D ‘Ivoire, Ghana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Uganda.

One example is DigiGirlz, a Microsoft YouthSpark program that gives middle and high school girls’ opportunities to learn about careers in technology, connect with Microsoft employees, and participate in hands-on computer and technology workshops. In the last 4 years, Microsoft has hosted DigiGirlz Days in 7 countries and in 2018, events have been planned for 10 countries including Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, Botswana, Kenya, Zambia, and Uganda.

As part of our YouthSpark cash grants, Microsoft has also partnered with the Zariah Elizabeth Foundation which empowers women through education. With support from Microsoft, 50,000 young women will receive digital skills training in the next year through a train-the-trainer program in UNESCO community centers. 2,000 teachers and trainers will receive training and support to effectively teach digital skills.

Q: Is there anything that has been done differently that makes women in the Middle East earn more STEM degrees than their counterparts in the rest of the world. 

According to the World Bank, 13 of the 15 countries with the lowest rate of female participation in the workforce are in the Arab world; however, the UAE is a notable exception.

Diverse perspectives are vital to developing and scaling 21st-century technologies. Women in the UAE for example make up 66 percent of the public sector workforce, of which 30 percent are in leadership roles. The 27.5 percent of women who make up the UAE cabinet all play key roles in supporting technology and innovation in the country. Here, women are not a stark minority in technology sector—they’re a part of all the major tech initiatives and, in many instances, leading them. We in the Africa region can learn many lessons from the region in terms of attracting more young girls to study STEM subjects and encouraging more women to pursue careers in STEM-related fields.

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Friday, September 08, 2017

Q2: Nigeria swells telecom sector GDP with N1.5tn

The Nigerian telecommunications sector has swelled the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2017, to the tune of N1.549 trillion, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this in Abuja, while receiving the chairperson of Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Madam Angelique Weeks, during a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja, the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta said, telecoms sector contributed N1.549 trillion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year.

He explained that this figure represents 6.68 per cent increase from the first quarter of the year, which was at N1.452 trillion.

Danbatta also said these figures were derived from recently released National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report on the economy.

According ot him, NBS report confirmed that the telecommunications sector, during the second quarter of 2017, contributed 9.5 per cent to the GDP in contrast to 9.1 per cent contribution in the first quarter of the year. 

“We are very proud of the remarkable contribution the sector is making. Even at the recent times when the whole economy was facing challenges, the sector had remained resilient and stable,” he told the visitor who was accompanied by a team of administrators from West Africa Telecommunication Regulators Association (WATRA).

Similarly, the NCC boss told the visitors that the commission has also noticed a remarkable increase in the data usage in the country.

“The monthly data usage is about 40 million terabytes,” he declared, expressing optimism that the country would undergo a massive ICT transformation by the time the excess data capacity at landing point in Lagos is deployed to the hinterland through licensing of infrastructure companies (infracos).

Further, Danbatta noted that the broadband penetration in the country currently stands at 21 per cent, as Nigeria is inching toward 30 per cent penetration next year, which is in line with its National Broadband target.


The commission, he said, has approved spectrum trading consistent with an item of the 8-Point Agenda, optimizing the use and benefits of spectrum, to ensure that no acquired spectrum is left unutilized.

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Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Nigeria loses $1.5bn on GDP to vitamin deficiencies

Due to lack of vitamin and mineral deficiencies, Nigeria is annually losing over $1.5 billion, an estimated N459.3 billion, in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) according to the World Bank, reports ITRealms.

This, ITRealms gathered, is coming as Nigeria needs some $912 million to tackle the malnutrition menace, especially on children, just as World Bank ranks Nigeria’s Human Development Index (HDI) at 158 out of the 182 countries, whereas life expectancy stood at 48 years.
According to the latest Nutrition at a Glance released by the World Bank and made available to ITRealms, annually, “Nigeria loses over US$1.5 billion in GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies.” Stressing that scaling up core micronutrient interventions will cost less than US$188 million per year.
World Bank also said that over one-third of child deaths in Nigeria are attributed to undernutrition, mostly from increased severity of disease.
ITRealms also reports that children who are undernourished between conception and age two, are at high risk for impaired cognitive development, which adversely affects the country’s productivity and growth.
The economic costs of undernutrition, ITRealms reports, include direct costs such as the increased burden on the health care system, and indirect costs of lost in productivity.
“Childhood anemia alone is associated with a 2.5 per cent drop in adult wages,” World Bank group said.
Nigeria, World Bank said, is the country with the 3rd highest absolute number of children who are stunted, however, Nigeria has achieved near universal salt iodization as 97 per cent of households consume iodized salt.
“This is a major factor in preventing iodine deficiency, which can cause Intelligent Quotient (IQ) loss in infants and young children. Nigeria should be commended for this achievement and universal salt iodization is important to continue,” part of the report read.

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Shittu foresees ICT contribution to GDP above 1% by SMEs

The Minister of Communications, Barrister Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu has foreseen that proper development and deployment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in production processes of products and services in the country could propel the Small and Medium Scales (SMEs) to increase contribution above one per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), reports ITRealms.

Shittu in a keynote address to the University of Ibadan’s School of Business Eminent Person Business Lecture Series in Ibadan at the weekend, lamented that despite the fact that 96 per cent of Nigerian businesses are SMEs, compared to 53 per cent in the United States and 65 per cent in Europe, the sector contribute approximately one per cent of Nigeria’s GDP, a development attributable to several constraints which are not limited to lack of funding, infrastructure and low level of productivity.

Barr. Shittu, however, was optimistic that the country could leverage ICT to further increase productivity for it to become a critical leader in the fourth industrial revolution as declared sometimes ago in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Minister who in a keynote address delivered at the University of Ibadan’s School of Business Eminent Person Business Lecture Series in Ibadan at the weekend said ICT, more than ever, is now a leveler that will help transform and diversify the economy. He spoke on the theme: Maximizing The Potentials of The Telecommunications Industry For Reversing Recession and The Economic Growth of Nigeria.

According to him, the pervasiveness of technology in terms of transforming the way economic activity is organized, suggest that ICT and telecoms have features of general purpose technology, adding that the digital economy holds potential for entrepreneurs and small and medium –scale entrepreneurs (SMEs).

”New digital tends such as cloud computing, mobile web services, bid data, smart grid and social media, are radically changing the business landscape, reshaping the nature of work, the boundaries of enterprises and the responsibilities of business leaders” he said.

In addition, he said that given the immense contribution to the growth of the economy and the fact that ICT is an enabler for all the sectors of the economy, the present administration, will continue to explore ways of maximizing the potentials of the telecoms and ICT, for reversing the recession and the economic growth of Nigeria.

“Diversification of Nigeria’s economy into various sectors is not enough to take the country out of recession, until the process is done by leveraging on ICT in an effective and efficient manner to be driven by a Digital Government Strategy that aims to deliver: Government Modernization, Greater Value for Citizens and Businesses and Transparency & Open Government.

“The country is presently in recession, but it is not because we are in it that we are concerned. We are concerned because each time there is a sharp drop in prices, we enter into a recession and we want to make sure that this cycle does not continue and the only way we can do so is to diversify the economy by leveraging on ICT and move the economy from being resource-based, which it has been since independence”, he stressed, promising that “the Ministry of Communications is determined to making sure that the country break away from the cycle” the Minister said.

Revealing that the present administration under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari is convinced that ICT is the bedrock of Nigeria’s Change Agenda and development, the Minister said, having worked assiduously on setting the proper policy  and strategic environment for the development of ICT in the country, government is determined to expand its investments in ICT infrastructure and extend connectivity to unserved and underserved areas.

Change, therefore, he said, would mean a specific, deliberate and spirited reconstructive framework, for recalibrating existing policies and institutional configurations, as well as the value that underpins them.

Barr. Shittu promised that government will pursue policies that incentivize investment and promote development of digital economies, so as to be able to build an inclusive digital future for the citizenry.


In this regard, he said, attention will be paid to the issue of multiple taxation of ICT infrastructure in addition to having ICT infrastructure designated as Critical National Infrastructure and investment on the capacity and harnessing the talents of the ICT savvy youth through increased accelerators and incubators.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Nigeria’s telecom sector rakes in 8.83% to GDP

Telecommunications sector contributed an estimated 8.83 per cent to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria, according to the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, reports ITRealms.

In his opening remarks at the Corporate Governance Forum hosted by the Commission at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja-Lagos, today, Prof. Danbatta, said that the liberalization of the telecommunications industry opened investment opportunities for both local and foreign companies, hence contributing significantly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

He pointed out that though the economy regressed to -0.36 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, the telecommunications sector contributed in progressive and real terms, about 8.83 per cent to the GDP within the period under review.

This, he also said represents an increase of 0.5 per cent relative to the growth in the last quarter of 2015.

Similarly, EVC said, apart from attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in excess of $38 billion and reflating the economy, the telecoms value chain, either formal or informal, have continued to create significant number of job opportunities for the teaming youths in the country.

“Other positive spin-offs include increasing local content and rising income per capita/per head for employees in the sector,” he said, stressing that NCC would not rest on its oars as the Commission is committed to sustaining and building on the formidable structures established over the years for the industry to thrive beyond current generation.

NCC, he said, desires an industry that will grow bigger, better and be more relevant to successive generations, just as he underscored the fact that the essence of today’s meeting centres on sharing of thoughts and perspectives on how to meet the commitment to the principles of inter-generational equity in the sector.

In addition, he said, the meeting examines how this generation would leave a lasting legacy of a strong and virile industry, fit for bequest to future generations.

It is in this regard, Danbatta said, that NCC in 2012 set up a multi-stakeholder Corporate Governance Working Group (CGWG) with membership drawn from across the nation’s telecom industry, the Commission and corporate governance practitioners, with a mandate to determine the industry’s needs and the best approach to be adopted in addressing corporate governance issues thereof.

“The CGWG developed the Code of Corporate Governance for the telecoms industry, which was published in 2014,” Danbatta said.


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Pix: Prof. Danbatta and Prof. Fabian Ajogwu at forum.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Economic council endorses national road safety strategy

… As Nigeria loses 3% GDP to road crashes
The National Economic Council has endorsed the Nigeria Road Safety Strategy (NRSS), just as the nation lost three per cent of her Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to road traffic crashes, reports ITRealms.

Affirming this to ITRealms, the Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, said in Lagos, weekend that strategy comprises having a National Road Safety Advisory Council (NaRSAC) to oversee the implementation of the NRSS under the Chairmanship of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

As said by Oyeyemi, the structure of the road safety management would include state governors as members in addition to members drawn from stakeholders while the office of the corps marshal would act as the secretary to the council.

He explained that the NRSS vision is to enthrone Nigeria as country where Road Traffic Crash (RTC) results in no death with a goal of reduction in road traffic crash fatality rate by 35 per cent by 2018.

The purpose, he said, is to widely adopt safe system approach to road safety management in Nigeria, develop and utilize standard templates to capture and report relevant traffic data, as well as implement design standards for all road types.


NRSS, Oyeyemi said, has the mandate to expand the Road Transport Safety Standardization Scheme (RTSSS) to cover all commercial vehicles that ply interstate roads, develop and implement awareness campaigns on proper road use in addition to providing supplementary medical equipment and emergency rescue ambulances, among others.

Further, he said, NRSS would work on setting standard National Road Safety Strategy target(s) by ensuring co-ordination between Federal, States and Local Governments in achieving Road Safety targets.

In driving the implementation of the NRSS, FRSC is expected to request for progress reports from relevant agencies, invite them to defend proposed activities and road safety efforts on a quarterly basis, evaluate of outcomes of National road safety initiatives, develop a funding plan for strategic initiatives and seek fund for the implementation of strategic initiatives, endorse disbursement of pre-approved funds for strategic initiatives and monitoring of funds disbursement for strategic initiatives, to name a few.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

IT industry doubles contribution to GDP – Peter Jack




The contributions of the Information Technology (IT) industry into the Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), reports ITRealms.

This expose was given by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Peter Jack while responding to question to ITRealms at the ongoing GITEX in Dubai.

He said that over the last five years, IT has doubled its contribution to Nigeria's GDP from 4.5 per cent to 10 per cent, thereby accounting for about N50 billion of the N500 billion of the Nigerian economy.

This he noted was invariably after the rebasing of the country’s economy.

He also expressed support for the Nigerian university that emerged finalist in the GITEX Student Lab competition, saying he was not surprised.

Jack also urge them to ensure they win top prize and encouraging other universities in the country to leverage technologies by equipping their students adequately.

“Our concern is to expose the young talents in Nigeria to opportunities that abound in the technology space,” he declared.

Pointing out that starting from last year, Nigeria became the official country partner of GITEX and that year, NITDA showcased five Nigerian technology start-ups to share their solutions to the rest of the world. 

“This year, we brought 14 technology startups and other established companies from Nigeria to showcase their solutions to the world,” he said.

The Nigerian Pavilion, Mr. Jack further said, is strategically located in such a way that it catches the attention of every investor that attended this year's GITEX in Dubai. 

“We are giving opportunities to the technology start-ups to tell the world about their solutions and how these solutions could address country specific and organisational challenges,” he assured.

Equally, the DG also said that NITDA and the Federal Government precisely is using the occasion of Nigeria Day in GITEX to sell the Nigerian brand and woo potential investors to invest in the Nigerian technology market.
 

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