Brazil To Host Africa Digital Economy Summit

The Africa Digital Economy Summit (AFRIDES) will be held in Sao Paulo in Brazil from 27th -30th of October.

This was disclosed at a press briefing hosted by Mr. Kelvin Jiraji – Convener of the Summit. Other members of his team, Barrister Festus Nyiwon (Members, LOC), Ms Juliana James (Media Partner), Dr. Alfred Chiakor (Executive Director, Ashcraft Centre for Social Science Research) and Tom Chiahemen (Principal Consultant, Cattigan Communications Ltd) were also at the media parley to announce plans for the conference.

The conference has as its theme: “Digital Transformation For Sustainable Growth: Africa’s Path To A Connected Future”

Jiriaji said the summit is organised in recognition of the importance of digital inclusion and digital transformation to Africa’s development and the economic growth of the countries on the continent.

He said: “It is important to state from the onset that the Africa Digital Economy Summit, AFRIDES, is a strategic vision of the Group of 20 Industrialized Nations, G20. The G20 recognizes the significance of inclusive digital transformation on national and sub-national economies as catalysts for economic growth. It also appreciates the imperative of deepening synergy with critical Stakeholders worldwide to advance and enhance inclusive digital transformation. That is why it has institutionalized this side event, as a critical corollary of its Agenda.

” You will note that the G20 hold their annual Summit each year on a rotational basis. The 2023 Edition held in Japan. This year’s edition is holding in Brazil from 18th to 19th November 2024 on the theme: “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet”. The 2025 Summit will hold in South Africa”.

The reiterate that the gross expansion of the contours of technology and digital transformation has made it imperative to recognize the eco-­‐systemic dimensions of the value chain of digital economy and the urgency to plug into its superstructures. One of the priorities of the Africa Digital Economy Summit therefore, is to foster robust engagements, leverage collaboration and partnership with Heads of Government, Policymakers, FinTech Providers, Innovators, Entrepreneurs, and a broad range of Stakeholders and Key Industry Players across the globe.

The Summit Co-Chair stressed that the event will “provide the fertile ground for a broad spectrum of Stakeholders to work in concert towards maximizing the potentials and sustainability of Africa’s vital digital economy infrastructures; while at the same time, develop and strengthen existing and new opportunities for networking, promote industry awareness, advocacy and providing support for public and private sector national and sub national digital economy and transformation interventions”.

He added: “This Summit aligns with Africa’s institutional framework for achieving its Digital Economy Policy and Strategy and its implementation of the e-Government Master Plan. The Summit is also particularly strategic for Africa’s e-governance and its ecosystem because Digital Economy resilience is the engine room for the implementation and articulation of economic and business policies and programs, both in the public and private domains, and serve as the catalyst for building efficiencies and capabilities to deliver on critical aspects of economic transformation, development and national re-engineering.

” The choice of sub themes, topics and the quality of Resource persons invited to impact delivery is a reflection of the seriousness attached to this Summit. Top level FinTech Entrepreneurs, Digital Economy Policy Makers and Regulators, and other strategic professionals are mobilized to critically add value to the digital economy discourse in Africa and beyond”.

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