Nigeria is positioning itself to capture a larger share of Africa’s emerging artificial-intelligence economy, using digital infrastructure, talent development and policy reform to move from a market that consumes technology to one capable of producing and exporting AI solutions.
The push will be in focus when GITEX NIGERIA returns from 31 August to 3 September, bringing government officials, technology companies, investors and startups together across Abuja and Lagos as the country seeks to attract capital and partnerships for its next phase of digital development.
The second edition of GITEX NIGERIA, organised by KAOUN International with support from the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy and the National Information Technology Development Agency, comes as governments and businesses across Africa increase their focus on artificial intelligence and the infrastructure needed to deploy it at scale.
The event’s theme, ‘Beyond Connectivity: The Bridge to Sovereign Innovation’, reflects Nigeria’s attempt to move the digital economy debate beyond internet access towards computing capacity, skills, cybersecurity, data governance and locally developed technology.
