The Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, is seeking a partnership with global tech giant, Amazon Web Services, to come to Nigeria and create products and services using the country’s pool of tech talent.
Mr. Inuwa Kashifu Abudullahi, Director General of NITDA, stated during a discussion with the AWS team in Dubai on the sidelines of the 2022 Gulf Information Technology Exhibition, GITEX, that funding is very important to start-ups because it eases their capacity for growth and expansion.
According to Abdullahi, NITDA is rising to the challenge of providing start-ups with useful information, connections, partnerships, and mentorship to help them unleash their talents.
The DG emphasised that there is a need for tech big companies like AWS to leverage Nigeria’s existing policies and regulations, and support the Startups to create local products and services.
He pointed out that some major tech corporations saw government laws as a danger, despite the fact that most rules are designed to foster local competitors and startups’ ability to engage in the rapidly expanding digital economy rather than to prevent companies from dominating.
He added, “Technology is a product business. The hitch of today can quickly become memories of tomorrow. Your company is as good as your next product, and your next product is as good as the people who made it.
“Innovation is Startup business, big organisations focus more on protecting their niche, while Startups are to disrupt; come up with new ideas, make things easier and democratise services. With this kind of platform, it is easier for someone to build his product and take it to market.
“I think it is an opportunity for you also to see how you can leverage on a platform like ours to build and expand your products and services. If you carry out an assessment you will discover that it is easier for you to engage our Startups than to build your own human infrastructure,”
“Nigeria is a big market, and we have one of the youngest populations in the world, and technology is about young people. You have all the opportunities to come and invest in Nigeria, we have the talent, and talent is one of our competitive edge, when it comes to technology and innovation, Nigeria can be the global super power,” Inuwa stated.
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