Nigeria will on Tuesday host the world as the 14th edition of Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit begins in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Themed: ‘Harnessing Africa’s Digital Growth,’ the summit will address issues of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) development across the African region and its implications for socio-economic development.

Speaking about the summit in a statement, MTN Executive, Aminato  Oyagbola said: “The emerging digital economy continues to throw up questions about Africa’s preparedness through ICT development, to partake and compete successfully in this economy with its potentially significant contribution to Africa’s GDP.
“IAD 2016 will provide a platform for critical stakeholders to congregate and confer with a view to providing solutions that will leapfrog the technological advancement of our continent.”

The three day summit, which will run through April 19-21, 2016 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, is Africa’s leading ICT Business Summit, billed to host over 500 senior executives across government, regulatory bodies, telecoms operators and major end users of ICT from all over Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

According to Oyagbola, “MTN is pleased to partner with the Ministry of Communications and other organisations to bring this summit to Nigeria. More than ever before, this is the time for Africa to grow and leverage technology for increased capacity and productivity and we are happy and indeed honoured to play a supportive role in every way.”