Pantami, Danbatta, Others Bag Awards For Excellent Leadership In ICT Sector

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, was among the dignitaries celebrated with honour at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum, AfriTECH, recently.

The minister was awarded the Digital Economy Hero of the Year in recognition of his resilience and excellent leadership leading to Nigeria’s digital economy progress.

The areas include the National Identity Database, Commercial 5G Rollout, enactment of the Nigeria Start-up Act and the global branding his personality brought to Nigeria as the Chairman of UN-WSIS 2022.

In the same vein, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, was honoured with the 5G Core Leadership Award in recognition of his outstanding leadership in the African Telecommunications industry, especially the outstanding performance during the cause of commercial 5G launch in Nigeria.

Naija News understands that the Africa Tech Alliance Forum awards ceremony aims to celebrate and reward companies and individuals on the African continent that have demonstrated excellence in innovative product/service development, policy/regulations, among other areas.

Other special honourees at the award ceremony include Director General, National Information Technology Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; General Manager, Fixed Broadband, MTN Nigeria, Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka and Faculty Member, Institute of Humanities, Pan-Atlantic University, PAU, Lagos, Dr. Ruth Oji.

PAN-Africa CyberSecurity Excellence Award was conferred on Co-Founder/Chief Visionary Officer, CVO, Digital Encode Limited, Dr. Adewale Peter Obadare, for his exceptional achievements and contributions to the development of cybersecurity in Africa, while Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer, CTO, Digital Encode Limited, Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde, bagged Blockchain Technology Mastery Personality Award.