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Our strength is human capital, not resources under our feet, says NITDA DG at GITEX Dubai
Technology tamfitronics On Monday 14, during the 44th edition of GITEX Dubai, a global technology showcase, three representatives from Baltimore (USA), India, and Nigeria participated in a panel discussion. They were invited to explain, in 60 seconds, why innovators should consider expanding into their respective countries.Kashifu Abdullahi, the director general of Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the only African speaker on the panel pitched three things: a predictable regulatory environment and access to human capital.“We have identified our strength and it is human capital and not the resources beneath our feet,” he said to a room of founders and operators from all over the world, inviting foreign businesses to consider setting shop in...