The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has announced the postponement of 2021 Digital Nigeria Conference, Exhibition and Awards, which was scheduled to hold between 25th October – 27th October, 2021 in Abuja.
Though, no official reason was given for the postponement, a statement signed Mrs. Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations at NITDA, stated that a new date for the event would be communicated in no distant future.
“The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and Parastatals under its supervision regret to announce the postponement of 2021 Digital Nigeria Conference, Exhibition and Awards. The event which was earlier scheduled to hold between 25th October – 27th October, 2021 has been postponed and a new date would be communicated in no distant future,” the statement reads.
The Digital Nigeria Conference, which was hitherto known as e-Nigeria International Conference and Exhibition is the flagship tech event in the Nigerian digital economy sector.
The theme of the postponed conference is “Digital Transformation: A Pathway to Sustainable Digital Economy” and is aimed at addressing Nigeria’s technological challenges in achieving sustainable socioeconomic development.
“Having spent the past months preparing for the conference and exhibition in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and partners, we are not oblivious of the impact of this decision and therefore regret any inconveniences this might have caused you.
“We want to thank all our partners and stakeholders for their continuous support as we use this period to finalize all preparations for the new date which will be communicated soon,” it added.
The statement however, the “Digital Nigeria Day” which is a day designated to promote the development of the Digital Economy in Nigeria will still be celebrated on Sunday, 24th of October, 2021.