{"id":13323,"date":"2023-10-15T09:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T09:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=13323"},"modified":"2023-10-15T09:25:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T09:25:45","slug":"director-general-of-nitda-highlights-innovation-as-key-driver-for-nigerias-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2023\/10\/15\/director-general-of-nitda-highlights-innovation-as-key-driver-for-nigerias-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Director General of NITDA Highlights Innovation as Key Driver for Nigeria&#8217;s Economic Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, reaffirmed the pivotal role of innovation in fostering Nigeria&#8217;s economic prosperity. He underscored the importance of harnessing the nation&#8217;s vibrant youth population as a valuable resource that can be leveraged in a national outsourcing strategy for wealth creation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Abdullahi made these remarks during his keynote address titled &#8220;Nigeria&#8217;s Tech-Driven Future: Exploring Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges&#8221; at the Texcellence Conference, held at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The conference drew notable innovators and startups from within Nigeria and beyond, creating a dynamic forum for discussions on the country&#8217;s technological advancement and the possibilities it presents for the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, reaffirmed the pivotal role of innovation in fostering Nigeria&#8217;s economic prosperity. He underscored the importance of harnessing the nation&#8217;s vibrant youth population as a valuable resource that can be leveraged in a national outsourcing strategy for wealth creation. Mr. Abdullahi made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,444,76,82,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-fintech","category-government","category-technology","category-technology-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}