The Federal Government of Nigeria at the ongoing 39th Gulf Information Technology Exhibition GITEX has invited investors to leverage on the potential of Nigeria to do businesses for the boosting of its digital economy.
The Minister of Communications, Isa Pantami, made the call at the African Investment Forum, a platform designed to showcase the opportunities in Nigerian, African ICT sector.
GITEX is the biggest annual technology gathering of the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia with over 200,000 technology interests and over 145 countries in participation.
Pantami, who emphasised on the opportunities in Nigeria, said that investors could leverage on the demography, youthful population, skills and readiness of Nigerians to come and do businesses.
According to him, Nigeria has the right policies for businesses.
He said Nigeria could also bost of approximately 200 million people living in the country.Pantami further said that with an average age of over 18 years, Nigeria had a potential and critical mass of ‘digital natives’ that could transform the country into a regional and global ICT power house.
