Over the weekend, the move to fully explore technology solutions to address key business, governance, and fiscal challenges in Anambra State edged an inch closer to fruition, with the successful hosting of the UNIZIK Blockchain Conference.
At the Chike Okoli Centre, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, the venue of the Conference, tech experts, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs converged to discuss the possibilities that abound with blockchain and other emerging technologies.
The UNIZIK Blockchain Lab and the Crypto Bootcamp Community organized the event, in recognition of the significance of Blockchain and invited tech ecosystem developers, startups, and explorers to educate students on the importance of Blockchain and ICT skills in the fast-growing global community, where virtually everything is dependent on ICT.
With its theme as ‘Opportunities in Blockchain and the Future of Web3’, the Conference sponsored by Yellow Card and CBC, has its ecosystem Partners include Stakeholders in the Blockchain Technology Association of Nigeria, SiBAN, and Digital Nigeria under the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy.
Anambra State ICT Agency under the leadership of its MD/CEO, Mr Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata, CFA is also partnering on the project, in furtherance of the commitment of Mr Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to continue to enable tech appreciation events and initiatives, to ensure that Anambra State becomes a safe space for tech enthusiasts and startups to emerge and thrive.
In a presentation, the Vice President, for Media and Publicity of SIBAN, Chukwuemeka Ezike, discussed why technology matters in Africa, noting that it has become imperative, as the world sees Africa as a place to harness talents.