Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has taken the state’s development agenda to Silicon Valley in the United States, where he held engagements with global leaders and institutions in technology, healthcare, artificial intelligence, innovation and higher education.
Soludo said the visit was part of his administration’s broader strategy to position Anambra as a smart, prosperous and globally competitive economy by learning from leading global innovation ecosystems and adapting their knowledge and expertise to the state’s development priorities.
According to the governor, the engagements form part of the state’s ADTS vision — Africa, Dubai, Taiwan and Silicon Valley, which seeks to expose Anambra to successful global models while building strategic partnerships capable of accelerating local development.
During the visit, Soludo engaged with Varian, NVIDIA, and San José State University, with discussions focusing on advanced healthcare, artificial intelligence, talent development, research and innovation.
He described these areas as critical foundations for the future Anambra is seeking to build, particularly through the state’s Solution Innovation District (SID) and its wider human capital development programme.
The governor said the objective was not simply to attract investments but to strengthen institutions, develop a highly skilled workforce and create opportunities that would enable Anambra’s young people and businesses to compete effectively in the global economy.
“Our goal is clear: to position Anambra as a hub for knowledge, enterprise and opportunity; strengthen our institutions; empower our people with future-ready skills; and bring global opportunities home,” Soludo said.
He added that the state’s engagement with global technology and academic institutions would help accelerate the transfer of knowledge and create partnerships in areas that could have long-term economic and social impact.
Soludo said the administration was deliberately pursuing a development model in which global knowledge would be adapted to local realities, enabling Anambra to build an economy driven by innovation, enterprise, skills and technology.
The governor maintained that the state’s ambition was to create an Anambra that “learns globally, grows locally, and competes confidently with the world.”
The Silicon Valley engagements therefore represent another step in the state government’s efforts to connect Anambra with global centres of innovation while developing local capacity to harness emerging opportunities in artificial intelligence, healthcare technology, research, education and entrepreneurship.
Soludo concluded his message with an expression of optimism about the state’s development trajectory, saying: “May Anambra continue to win!”
