FEATURE: AFRICA @ GITEX
to give them priority while recruiting for
its partner companies in Egypt.
Across Nigeria, energy companies are
playing a leading role in supporting
high-tech energy infrastructure
projects, according to the head of
research and development at one of
the leading multinational investors in
Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, speaking
during last year’s GITEX Technology
Week 2016. Nigeria’s ambitious
$3 billion energy modernisation
programme aims to expand the
electricity supply, create more efficient
energy production and usage, and
increase rural and semi-urban power
access from 35% to 75%.
To promote international interest
in ICT opportunities in Nigeria and
across the continent, Nigeria’s
National Information Technology
Development Agency hosted an Africa
Investment Forum during last year’s
GITEX 2016. From digital oilfields
running on drones and robotics, to
smart grids distributing electricity
generated from renewable energy,
the energy sector in Nigeria and
Africa hosts tremendous investment
opportunities, mentioned Dr Isa Ali
Ibrahim Pantami, Director General
of Nigeria’s National Information
Technology Development Agency.
The host city of GITEX Technology Week
2017, which is Dubai, connects Africa
to global investors and companies.
The energy, oil, and gas sector in
Nigeria’s National Information
Technology Development Agency
hosted an Africa Investment Forum
during last year’s GITEX 2016
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Nigeria and Africa is rapidly undergoing
digital transformation, and key players
can discover the latest innovations
and business opportunities at GITEX
Technology Week 2017.
Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer,
and the world’s fourth-largest liquefied
natural gas exporter, according to the
United States Energy Information
Administration. Pascal Dauboin, Senior
Advisor for Digital Technologies at
Total, believes oil and gas companies
experience of working in a multinational
and multicultural context can help drive
innovation across energy sector. In
today’s interconnected world, the ability
to find, share, and integrate knowledge
from across the spectrum is essential,
stated Dauboin, who presented at
GITEX Technology Week 2016.
Dauboin also pointed out that the oil
and gas industry is rapidly undergoing
digital transformation, with a rapid
uptake in innovative technologies that
are driving digital oilfields. Total is at
the forefront of adopting innovations
such as drones, robotics, and early
event detection systems to monitor
and repair infrastructure, while new
generations of sensors enable the
development of new products for real
time, online analysis, following the
always increasing safety and quality
requirements. Digitally transformed
processes will increase performance,
robustness and safety in many
industrial domains, while building the
job skills of tomorrow. n
In Nigeria, energy, and oil and gas, is rapidly undergoing digital transformation and
key players can discover business opportunities at GITEX Technology Week 2017
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