eNigeria 2014-The Platform Where Investors Meet Innovators...

e-Nigeria is an annual information Technology (IT) summit organised by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with relevant stakeholders from private and public sector as well as non-governmental organisations. It is a veritable platform for ICT awareness creation, developing appropriate framework and setting goals for best practices in order to encourage positioning Nigeria in the global information society.

The National Information Technology Development Agency, has said it will deliver the much anticipated Nigeria eGovernment Frame Work at the eNigeria 2014, slated to hold between 18th to 20th November, 2014, Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. 

This year’s event will have in attendance, President Goodluck Jonathan as the Special Guest of honour just as renowned Nigerian lead concept Chevrolet Volt electric car designer, Jelani Aliyu has been confirmed to deliver the keynote address.

Attendance is FREE but you will have to register online to get your pass code, click http://enigeria.gov.ng/register.php to register

TheDirector of Corporate Strategy and Research, NITDA, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, said

“One unique thing that will differentiate eNigeria 2104 from previous editions is the delivery of the Nigeria e Government Frame Work by the Korean official who have been partnering with the Federal Government and helping with developing the framework within the last one year, now the time is ready and it will be officially handed to Nigerians through NITDA at eNigeria 2014”.

The theme for this year’s event is: “Creating Market Opportunities for Indigenous ICT Products and Services”. With the increasing interest and growing participation of more organizations at the event, Olatunji said there this year’s event will feature no fewer than 30 exhibitors to showcase their solutions, products and services.

 He added that a number of companies that participated at GITEX 2014 in Dubai, most have already confirmed their participations at eNigeria 2104,while some other companies that could not make it to GITEX 2104 have also confirmed participation.


For the first time since the inception of eNigeria, there will also be an international participation this year as following NITDAs involvement as Official Country Partners at GITEX 2104, with the
agency’s confirmation that the World Trade Center, in Dubai has already shown interest to be part of eNigeria 2014.

As part of more innovations andnew dimension to make the event more colourful, eNigeria 2014 will as well feature the National eGovernance Award which is supported by Nihilent, a leading global consulting and solutions integration company with specialty in delivering eGovernance value through collaborations. NITDA believes the Awardwill further encourage Ministries, Departments and Agencies to efficiently deploy Information Technology across sectors of the economy for better service delivery and productivity. The NITDA-NIHILENT e-Governace

Awards will recognize all significant achievements in the area of eGovernance, Knowledge disseminating on effective methods of designing and implementing sustainable eGovernance initiatives and promotion of incremental innovations in successful eGovernance Solutions.

According to NITDA, “Nihilent has been on a tour of states, local government, ministries, departments and agencies to evaluate and ascertain their level of ICT deployment for governance and
administration and it impacts”.

There award will feature winners in five different categories which include :

-The Best ICT Driven MDA,

-The Best ICT Driven State, Best Web Presence, 

-The Best ICT Driven Local Government and The Best

-eGovernance Project (executed) AND A Special Jury Award.

Dr. Olatunji said eNigeria 2014, promises to meet the curiosity of Nigerians especially in the area of innovations been churned out by many youths across the country who will be on ground to showcase their ideals. 

“This is good news for us, because when you have good innovation with the the requisite entrepreneurship spirit to back it  up, then accessing the financial support will be easy as NITDA has put in place modalities for venture capitals”. 

Good innovators will be given the opportunity to showcase their solutions and meet big players, including prospective investors in the industry who can invest in them, a process which may help us produce Nigeria’s own Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page.

For more information please visit http://enigeria.gov.ng