{"id":76710,"date":"2023-10-26T04:45:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T03:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=76710"},"modified":"2023-10-26T04:45:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T03:45:13","slug":"nigeria-can-be-a-global-talent-exporter-if-power-of-digital-technology-is-harnessed-nitda-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigeria-can-be-a-global-talent-exporter-if-power-of-digital-technology-is-harnessed-nitda-dg\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Can Be A Global Talent Exporter If Power Of Digital Technology Is Harnessed \u2013 NITDA DG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, has said Nigeria can become the world\u2019s talent net exporter if the power of digital technology is harnessed.<\/p>\n<p>He said this was feasible if all relevant stakeholders from the private and public sectors, worked together to build and harness the power inherent in digital technology for job creation, inclusive economic growth, and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The NITDA DG said this on Wednesday at the 2023 edition of the Digital Nigeria Conference in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Inuwa said, \u201cWe may not be able to compete in the area of manufacturing and other things but when it comes to talent, I can say globally, we can compete with any country on this planet and I believe we can beat any country as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have done that in the music industry, sports, filmmaking, and today, with everyone\u2019s support, we will do it in the tech industry because nothing is impossible.\u201d<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Earlier on the first day of the conference, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Tinubu called for more synergy within the tech ecosystem in order to fast-track the development of the digital economy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The President was represented by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Managing Director, Main One, Funke Opeke, who delivered a keynote address, said the nation was yet to fully take advantage of the opportunities that digital technologies provide.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inuwa, has said Nigeria can become the world\u2019s talent net exporter if the power of digital technology is harnessed.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[6732],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-76710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-nitda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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