NITDA has sought stakeholders’ collaboration to develop indigenous technologies by leveraging the Nigeria Startup Act 2022.
Mr Inuwa said the 95 per cent digital literacy expected to be achieved by the end of 2030 was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
She said Africa needed to leverage the technologies for mutual benefit rather than being mere consumers.
Hadiza Umar, the NITDA spokesperson, said the review was due and would strengthen the ease of doing business.
NCC says SMEs and startups are catalysts for promoting wealth creation, employment generation and economic prosperity.
This was contained in a statement signed by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the President on media and publicity.
Mr Abdullahi said the training would also equip the participants with the necessary ICT tools to become competitive in the 21st-century digital economy.
In a tweet Monday, Mr Tijani called for top researchers of Nigerian and other descent worldwide to help create a national AI strategy.
“We invested in other technologies such as the Digital Fabrication Lab and other labs around the country, but we are yet to build a cybersecurity laboratory.”
Quoting a report to back up its claim, NITDA said that in 2018 “digitally transformed enterprises contributed $13.5 trillion to the global GDP”.
