5 th Summit aficta.africa/summit2017 SUMMIT 2 17 One Africa, One Future: Leveraging ICT for Sustainable Development National Anthem Arise, O compatriots Nigeria's call obey To serve our fatherland With love and strength and faith The labour of our heroes past Shall never be in vain To serve with heart and might One nation bound in freedom Peace and unity. Oh God of creation Direct our noble cause Guide our leaders right Help our youth the truth to know In love and honesty to grow And live in just and true Great lofty heights attain To build a nation where peace And justice shall reign 4 21

5 th Summit aficta.africa/summit2017 SUMMIT 2 17 One Africa, One Future: Leveraging ICT for Sustainable Development Board business.com.ng http://www Dr Jimson Olufuye (Chair) Adrian Schofield (Vice Chair) 'Gbenga Fijabi (Treasurer) Mohammed-Ali-Saeed Dr. Anthony Nwosu Paul Rowney Dr. Waudo Siganga Yusuph Kileo Hossam Elgamal Arinola Akinyemi Opeyemi Onifade Tola Sogbesan Segun Olugbile Mags Reddy Laicana Coulibaly 20 5

5 th Summit aficta.africa/summit2017 SUMMIT 2 17 One Africa, One Future: Leveraging ICT for Sustainable Development Summit 2017 Speakers Barrister Adebayo Shittu Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami Dr Jimson Olufuye Chris Uwaje Yusuf Kazaure Honorable Minister of Communications DG, NITDA Chair, Chairman, Connect Technologies Ltd MD/CEO Galaxy Backbone Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta Andrew Mack Adejoke O. Adefulire Marilyn Cade Rev Sunday Afolayan Executive Vice Chair, NCC Chair, ICANN-BC Presidential Adviser on SDG CEO, McCade LLC President, NIRA Engr Funke Opeke Chris Mondinni Opeyemi Onifade Dr Anthony Nwosu Mary Uduma CEO, Mainone Cable Company VP ICANN Global Biz Engagement CEO, Afenoid Ltd/Chair ADD Consortum VP, ATCON Chairperson, NIGF Lawrence O. Robert Segun Olugbile Chief Toyin Oloniteru Toba Obaniyi Dr Richard Lamb CEO, Microboss Ltd CEO/Managing Partner CPAA CEO, Spindlar CEO, Whogohost Ltd ICANN Arinola Akinyemi Markus Eke Engr Adetola Sogbesan Laicana Coulibaly CEO, Digisphere Limited Founder, Mecloud Technologies CEO, Chace Systems Limited CEO, Diamond Security Consulting DrPresident/CEO WunmiPresident/CEO Hassan 8 High Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youths 17

5 th Summit aficta.africa/summit2017 SUMMIT 5 th 2 17 One Africa, One Future: Leveraging ICT for Sustainable Development aficta.africa/summit2017 About Summit 2017 T he information revolution and the extraordinary increase in the spread of knowledge have given birth to a new era one of knowledge and information which affects directly economic, social, cultural and political activities of all regions of the world, including Africa. Governments worldwide have recognized the role that Information and Communication Technologies could play in socio-economic development. ICTs are offering even less developed countries a window of o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o c h e e t a h p o l e va u l t t h e industrialization stage and transform their economies into high value competitive information economies in the global market Considering that Nigeria is the leading economy in Africa; and reflecting on the need to provide veritable platform for start-ups and innovators in Nigeria to reach African market and further grow the Nigerian economy out of recession; and affirming the imperative need for enduring PublicPrivate Partnership for sustainable development in line with the 2030 United Nations (UN) Development Agenda; hosted by the ADD Consortium (composed of Afenoid Enterprise Limited, DigiSphere Limited and Dotengee Nig Ent.), the Summit 2017 is scheduled to take place on 7-9 November, 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria in conjunction with enigeria powered by the National Information Technology Develpoment Agency (NITDA) under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications Nigeria. The theme for Summit 2017 "One Africa, One F u t u re : L eve ra g i n g I C T fo r S u sta i n a b l e Development is one of the key indicators of progress towards the fulfillment of vision of a digital Africa within the larger framework of the global vision of an information society with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The Sub Themes are: Building partnerships for 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Adaptive technologies for ehealth, elearning and ecommerce egovernment: Using technology to promote transparency and accountability Tackling cybercrime and securing critical information infrastructure Creating jobs and youth empowerment The outcome of the conference is expected to facilitate commitment on multinational/stakeholder synergy on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), become a driving force for job creations and youth empowerment. Accordingly, participation is expected from high level decision makers from the three Tiers of Government, Private Sector Organizations, Development Partners and the International Community. Summit 2017 Steering Committee 1. Mr Opeyemi Onifade (Afenoid) - Chairman Summit 2017 is the 5th in the series of Summits beginning from Lagos in 2013 to Cairo in 2. Engr Arinola Akinyemi (Digisphere) - Member 2014, Johannesburg in 2015, and Windhoek in 3. Mr Timilehin Ambali (Dotengee) - Member 2016. 4. Mr Kayode Oyeyemi - Secretariat E-mail: servicedesk@galaxybackbone.com.ng T: @galaxybackbone LinkedIN: Galaxy Backbone Ltd Service Line: +234 8073990618 www.galaxybackbone.com.ng 10 15