ICT Stakeholders to Make Projections at ICT Impact CEO Forum

Nosa Alekhuogie

Information and communications technology stakeholders and chief executive officers are set to make projections at the annual ICT Impact CEO Forum, slated for September 24, 2021.

Editor-in-Chief of ICT Watch magazine, Mr. Tayo Adewusi, who is the organiser of the forum, said the forum would recognise distinguished individuals, government agencies and state governors who have deployed the power of ICT to execute ideas.

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami will be the special guest at the event while the Governor of Ondo State, Arakurin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu will be the Chairman of the Occasion and deliver a welcome address. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta will deliver tge keynote.

At the event, eight lead papers would be presented. The Chief Executive Officer of MainOne, Ms Funke Opeke will speak on why data is the new oil in the digital economy? While the second lead paper would be addressed by the President of Medallion Communications, Engineer Ikechukwu Nnamani who is also the President of ATCON.

The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, is expected to deliver a paper on ‘the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation and the Future of Data Governance.
The Managing Director of Galaxy Backbone, Prof. Muhammed Abubakar is expected to present a paper on ‘How to Make Your Leadership Data Literate’, while the Chief Executive Officer of VDT, Engr. Biodun Omoniyi would deliver a paper on ‘Measure What Matters: the Art and Science of Measuring the Success of Your Data. The Managing Director of Inlaks, Femi Adeoti is billed to present a paper on ‘Business Data Analytics: the Business Side of Using Data for Decision making.