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November 8, 2019
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy IsaPantami has called on Nigerians to transform their businesses by embracing newtechnologies and leveraging on opportunities offered by African ContinentalFree Trade Area, AfCFTA.
Pantami made the call at the 3rd edition of annualStakeholders Local Content Roundtable Technology Fair  in Abuja.
The programme, sponsored by FinTrak Software is tagged:“Patronage of Nigerian Software in the Context of AFCFTA and the Local ContentPolicy.”
The Minister, who was represented by a Director in theministry, Tope Fashademi also urged Nigerians to embrace and implement theprovisions of the Nigeria Local Content Policy of the Federal Government in allMDAs and Private sectors of the economy.
Pantami reiterated that the Ministry instituted the LocalContent in ICT Policy by developing and launching the guidelines for NigeriaContent Development, ICD in ICT on December 2013.