The Minister of Communications Isa Pantami has commended the creativity of young innovators in Nigeria, saying that they require mentorship to flourish.
Pantami said this at the ongoing 39th Edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition, GITEX holding in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
GITEX is a global technology exhibition that brings together over 200,000 trade visitors, investors, innovators, countries, IT companies among other participants from over 145 countries of the world to share trends of ICT and ways of advancing technology innovations.
Nigeria’s participation in GITEX, which is spearheaded by the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA is a week long programme from October 6th to 10th.
The Minister also said that with mentorship, young innovators can avoid lots of mistakes, invest wisely for Information Communication Technology, ICT growth in the country.
