The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has indicated its readiness to highlight the achievements so far recorded in the promotion of indigenous content in the telecommunications sector at the second edition of the Nigerian Telecommunications Indigenous Content Expo (NTICE) 2023 scheduled to hold next week in Lagos.
The commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the 2023 NTICE with the theme “Harnessing Indigenous Content for Economic Growth: Networking to Boost Investment” was being coordinated by the Commission’s Nigeria Office for Developing the Indigenous Telecom Sector (NODITS) as a follow up to the very impressive showing at the maiden edition of the event last year.
The Director stated that the Expo remained open to multi-sectoral participants, including indigenous telecom operators, manufacturers, regulators, government agencies, policymakers, innovators, industry leaders, startups, other actors in the telecom ecosystem, academia and global experts to showcase their products and services, innovative solutions and new technologies.
He clarified: “NTICE 2023 is being organised in keeping with the extant provisions of the NCA 2003, and to promote the four focus areas of the NPPIC, which are Manufacturing, Service, People as well as Research and Development for innovation in line with the Federal Government’s drive to diversify the economy.”
Muoka noted that the event had continued to serve as a rare assemblage of stakeholders where diverse thoughts can be shared in contexts that advance utilization of indigenous contents in the nation’s telecommunications industry.
It would be recalled that during a recent parley with the NCC’s in-house media, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, reiterated that NTICE remained the nation’s largest annual indigenous telecoms, tech and startups, manufacturing and innovative event that brings to stakeholders the powerful connections and valuable new relationships that highlights the achievements and vast potentials of a tech-driven digital economy.
The 2023 Expo is billed to project the achievements of indigenous content by the government for the sector and afford participants the platform to showcase their products and services, innovative solutions and new technologies.
