By There are indications that more of France tech base company may be arriving Nigeria to tap into the opportunities in the Nigeria’s tech ecosystem following remarks from the Founder and chairman of Zinox Technologies, Dr Leo Stan-Ekeh.
Stan-Ekeh who was at this year’s France-Nigeria Investment Forum, a major highlight of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to France, made a presentation during a penal session highlighting the technology capacity of Nigeria to support foreign investors.
He assured the foreign investors of the existence of world-class IT professionals in their thousands who are available to support these investors.
He also called on French investors to invest in the educational sector and partner with Nigerian educational institutions to produce graduates who may become global citizens in the corporate world.
The Konga Group Chairman gave a personal example of what his companies have done in the tech sector for French companies in Nigeria over 30 years ago, saying that this year’s edition stands out as the best from a Nigerian perspective, especially because of the organisation and selection of relevant, successful Nigerian entrepreneurs who attended.
He gave a narration about how as a young man he returned to Nigeria over 37 years ago with a vision to launch what he called ‘Digital Democracy’ by digitalising elections and electoral processes in the country.
Stan-Ekeh also spoke about his effort at consolidation of data through digital census to guide planning and investments to achieve his ambition of promoting Nigeria to the status of an economy the world can trust.
Also present at the forum were: Dr. Adaora Umeoji, the Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank, Dr. Owen Omogiafor and the Minister of Industry, Jumoke Oduwole and Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy Dr Bosun Tijani.
