The current
broadband internet challenges being experienced in the country has caught the
attention of organizers of Africa Digital
Forum & Awards [ADA 2012], as they have urged industry
leaders to offer lasting solutions to the lingering challenge.
With the
theme Broadband Nigeria: the Journey Ahead, ADA 2012 focuses on the broadband
challenge by mandating several leading industry players who are billed to speak
at the event to come up with practical solutions to the challenge.
Among
speakers expected at the event are GMD/CEO, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), Mr.
Austin Okere, Director General National Office for Technology Acquisition &
Promotion (NOTAP), Engr. Umar Bindr, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian
Communication Commission (NCC), Dr. Juwa Eugene, former Minister of
Communication, Engineer Olawale Ige, and Managing Director/CEO, MainOne, Ms.
Funke Opeke among others.
Special
guest of honour at ADA 2012, according to the coordinator Mr. Tayo Adewusi,
would be the Minister of Communication & Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson
while Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola would be the host.
ADA 2012
will hold on November 23, 2012 at Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja. Adewusi
informed that ADA 2012’s organizing team decided on this year’s theme as a
result of the low internet density in the country, which has affected economic
activities in corporate offices and homes.
ADA 2012
coincided with the tenth year anniversary of the birth of ICT Watch Network on
television, which started transmission on Minaj Broadcast International in 2001
and later syndicated on Murhi International Television (MITV).
The
programme has metamorphosed into Focus TV, cable television content with a
strong bias for ICT, business and entertainment reporting since October 2007 on
DISC communication platform.
As a core
component of ADA, Africa Digital Forum is central to the awards as it is where
industry issues are discussed. This year’s awards would honour distinguished
Nigerians and Africans with heavy leaning on ICT
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