C-level executives including CEOs/CFOs/CROs/CCO/CIO; Directors and Heads of trading, operations, research, analytics, investment, strategy, digital, compliance, risk and data analysts; and senior regulators and policymakers; drawn from the FMCGs, Financial Industry including Fintechs, Banks, Insurance Companies, etc., AgriTech, Logistics, Cyber security companies, amongst others will converge on the island in Lagos State for the maiden Mobile and Disruptive Technology Forum (#MoDiTECH2019).
ModiTECH’19 is a flagship Forum by TechEconomy.ng in collaboration with Nigeria CommunicationsWeek, and will serve as a platform for inter-sectorial review of economic impacts of technologies; giving particular attention to the disruptive potentials of emerging solutions supported by the Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Robotics, FinTechs and mobile phone economy around retail and service provision
The event under the theme: “The Power of Digital Services”, holds at Victoria Crown Plaza Hotel (VCP), 292B, Ajose Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos with the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami as the special guest of honour.
Other special invitees expected at the Forum are the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta; the Director General of the National Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; the President, African ICT Foundation (AfICTF), Mr Tony Ojobo; the President of NiRA, Mr. muhammed Rudman, among others.
Meanwhile, the Founder & Vice Chairman, CWG Plc, Mr. Austin Okere will present the keynote at MoDiTECH 2019. Similarly, the Managing Director of Rack Centre, Dr. Ayotunde Coker will Chair the Forum.
#MoDiTECH2019 is chaired by the Managing Director of Rack Centre, Dr. Ayotunde Coker, while the Chairman, Connect Technologies & Africa Chair for IEEE, Chris Uwaje (Oracle), is the co-chairman and will moderate a session on digital disruptions.
Other speakers include, the Co-Founder/COO, Digital Encode, Dr. Obadare Peter Adewale; Co-founder/CTO, Digital Encode, Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde; the Chief Operating Officer, FinTech Association of Nigeria (FinTechngr), Dr. Babatunde Obrima; the Founder Rise Labs; Nigeria’s First AI powered Learning, Research & Work Readiness Centre, Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji; the Chief Technology Strategist, Debbie Mishael Consulting & Board Member Global Advisory Council, EC-Council, Engr. Frank Ogochukwu; the Managing Director of Global Accelerex Limited, Tunde Ogungbade; CEO, i-naira.com, Hillary Ugo Nwaukor; CEO, ChurchPlus, Peter Ihesie; President, Association of Licensed Mobile Payment Operators (ALMPO), Chinedu Onuoha; Managing Director/CEO, Galaxy Backbone Limited, Yusuf Kazaure; Chairman, Committee of e-Business Industry Heads in Nigeria (CeBIH), Stanley Jacob; CTO, Medallion Communications, Dr. Kris Ranganath; the Vice President of NiRA, Mr. Toba Obaniyi. amongst others.
There will be special presentations led by InnovationBed.Africa on Health & Well-Being: CHEKKIT by Odunmade Dare; Business & Commerce: AFRIMART by Ojeniyi Olajide; Environment & Clean Energy: FARMZ2U by Aishat Raheem and eLearning & Education: CAPMUS TORCH by Taiwo Ogunde.
Organizers of this strategic event announced Global Accelerex Ltd as Platinum sponsors. Global Accelerex is the foremost financial technology company in Nigeria that provides electronic payment and business management solutions to different categories of merchants across Africa.
Other sponsors include Galaxy Backbone, Access Bank, Zenith Bank, Digital Encode, Medallion Communications, i-Naira.com and ActivEdge Technologies.