The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) will on Wednesday begin a four-day 1st Digital African Week Conference in Abuja.
Hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the event is expected to bring together leading Specialists in the field, from top policy-makers to engineers, designers, smart city planners, government officials, regulators, standards experts, the academia among others.
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Executive Vice Chairman (EVC)/CEO of the NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, said: “This Conference is first of its kind and it will bring together everybody that has a role in the fast-growing telecommunications industry in Africa.”
Danbatta, who is also a telecommunications engineer, explained that “the conference will run from Tuesday, August 27, to Friday, August 30, 2019, and will be communicated both in English and French.”
“Participation in the training and forum is strictly for those who have pre-registered online and open to anyone with interest in topics related to smart and sustainable cities, frontier technologies, Electro Magnetic Fields (EMFs) and circular economy and it is at no cost to participants,” Danbatta added.
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