Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards 2023

Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards/Lectures are annual ICT awards recognizing organizations’ or individuals’ contributions to ICT development in Nigeria.

Keynote Lecturers

Kashifu Abdullahi Inuwa

Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA

Dr Krishnan Ranganath

Regional Executive - West Africa · Africa Data Centres

About

Now re-named Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Awards/Lectures is organized by Communication Week Media Limited, a certified global ICT company with over 20 million subscribers and publishers of Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.

Digital Transformation and Cloud Services as New Order.

Africa’s Beacon of ICT Merit and Leadership Distinguished Lecture Series is aimed at charting ways forward for the ICT industry.

This year the theme is “Digital Transformation and Cloud Services as New Order.” Cloud services play a critical role in accelerating digital transformation and delivering essential public services.

The event is widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event available in the ICT industry in Nigeria.

To achieve the next stage of digital transformation and enable countries to reap the benefits of the global digital economy, governments must prioritize adoption of cloud services where feasible. Cloud technologies offer cost savings, the ability to scale rapidly, access to advanced cybersecurity features and big data processing using AI.