Emma Okonji
Telecommunications and ICT options supplier, ipNX, has reaffirmed its dedication in supporting the digital transformation agenda of Abia State on the not too long ago concluded Abia Know-how and Innovation Summit (ATIS), held on the Worldwide Convention Centre, Umuahia.
As a strategic associate of the state, ipNX featured prominently with its Director, Dr. Olusola Teniola, delivering a keynote deal with and collaborating in a strategic panel session titled: ‘Creating the Infrastructure Community for Abia State Digital Transformation.’
In his deal with, Teniola counseled the Abia State authorities, beneath the management of Dr. Alex Otti, for its daring imaginative and prescient and robust dedication to constructing a digitally enabled financial system.
“After we kicked off this partnership, we spoke a couple of digital future the place authorities, companies, and residents are seamlessly linked by means of world-class infrastructure. Right now, that future is not theoretical. It has begun to take form,” Teniola stated.
He famous that the intensive digital infrastructure deployed throughout ministries, departments, and companies represented greater than connectivity, describing it because the spine of a wiser, extra environment friendly, and clear Abia State, able to supporting trendy governance and financial progress.
Teniola additionally praised the Ministry of Science, Know-how and Innovation (MST&I) for convening the summit and for making a platform that mixed coverage dialogue with sensible innovation, notably by means of the ATIS Hackathon.
“As a result of digital transformation have to be inclusive, ipNX is intentionally investing within the youth of Abia State. The creativity and problem-solving we witnessed on the hackathon reaffirmed our perception that Abia’s future is vibrant and its younger individuals are prepared,” he added.
Talking on the summit, the Chief Info Officer of Abia State, Mr. Gerald Ilukwe, emphasised that human capital remained the state’s best asset in its innovation journey.
“An important useful resource required to remodel Abia into Africa’s rising innovation powerhouse is human capital, which Abia has in abundance. Mixed with the robust digital infrastructure being constructed by the Otti-led authorities, by means of partnerships with WIOCC and ipNX, we’re laying a strong basis for sustainable innovation and progress,” Ilukwe stated.
The Abia Know-how and Innovation Summit introduced collectively authorities leaders, know-how consultants, non-public sector gamers, and younger innovators to advance conversations round infrastructure, innovation, and inclusive digital growth within the state
