***G20, T20 countries endorse Summit
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
Ahead of the forthcoming Africa Digital Economy Summit (AfriDES), a clarion call has been made to the stakeholders and the general public to take advantage of the early bird tickets to be part of the event.
The summit with the theme: “Digital Transformation for Sustainable Growth: Africa’s Path to a Connected Future” which will hold at the Intercontinental Hotel, Alameda Santos, Saò Paulo, Paulista in Brazil from October 27 to 31, 2024.
Speaking at a press briefing and unveiling of the AfriDES Summit Local Organizing Committee (LOC) held on Tuesday in Abuja, the Summit Convener/ Co-Chair, G20/T20 AfriDES, Mr. Kelvin Jiraji said that the Conveners are in agency consultations with some of the leading FinTech and Digital Economy Entrepreneurs, who have specialized capabilities to develop a wide range of innovative options to achieve the desired solution outcomes.
He said it is also the expectation of the Summit to enhance knowledge leadership & management, regenerate investor confidence; and also boost capital growth and turnkey business startups and development.
Earlier Jiraji stated that one of the priorities of the Africa Digital Economy Summit is to foster robust engagements, leverage collaboration and partnership with Heads of Government, Policymakers, FinTech Providers, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and a broad range of Stakeholders and Key Industry Players across the globe.
Said he: “The Summit will also provide the fertile ground for a broad spectrum of Stakeholders to work in concert towards maximizing the potentials and sustainability of Africa’s vital digital economy infrastructures; while at the same time, develop and strengthen existing and new opportunities for networking, promote industry awareness, advocacy and providing support for public and private sector national and sub national digital economy and transformation interventions”.
Speaking further Jiraji said: “Gentlemen of the press! This Summit aligns with Africa’s institutional framework for achieving its Digital Economy Policy and Strategy and its implementation of the e-Government Master Plan.
“The Summit is also particularly strategic for Africa’s e-governance and its ecosystem because Digital Economy resilience is the engine room for the implementation and articulation of economic and business policies and programs, both in the public and private domains, and serve as the catalyst for building efficiencies and capabilities to deliver on critical aspects of economic transformation, development and national re-engineering”.
He also stated that the choice of sub themes, topics and the quality of Resource persons invited to impact delivery is a reflection of the seriousness attached to this Summit.
He added that top level FinTech Entrepreneurs, Digital Economy Policy Makers and Regulators, and other strategic professionals are mobilized to critically add value to the digital economy discourse in Africa and beyond.
According to him it is important to state from the onset that the Africa Digital Economy Summit, AFRIDES, is a strategic vision of the Group of 20 Industrialized Nations, G20. The G20 recognizes the significance of inclusive digital transformation on national and sub-national economies as catalysts for economic growth. It also appreciates the imperative of deepening synergy with critical Stakeholders worldwide to advance and enhance inclusive digital transformation. That is why it has institutionalized this side event, as a critical corollary of its Agenda.
“You will note that the G20 hold their annual Summit each year on a rotational basis. The 2023 Edition held in Japan. This year’s edition is holding in Brazil from November 18 to 19, 2024 on the theme: “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet”. The 2025 Summit will hold in South Africa.
“Permit me to reiterate that the gross expansion of the contours of technology and digital transformation has made it imperative to recognize the eco-‐systemic dimensions of the value chain of digital economy and the urgency to plug into its superstructures”.
“It is our strong expectations that 4-Day Summit will also open up viable opportunities for the regeneration of the numerous economic and other viable investment opportunities that shall create wealth, provide job opportunities and stimulate development in Africa.
“The Resolutions from this Summit shall no doubt inject fresh ideas and initiatives into the policy planning architecture to reinforce a systemized and collective framework in actualizing digital economy priority objectives”.
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