*Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, at a recent conference tagged, 鈥楧igital Trade in Africa: The Renewed Hope Strategy鈥�, highlights how digital economy and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can transform Nigerian trade, boost economic growth, and support livelihoods of millions of the country鈥檚 citizens

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has highlighted how the emerging the digital economy and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can transform Nigerian trade, boost economic growth, and support livelihoods of millions of the country鈥檚 citizens.

绿帽献妻 reports Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, Director-General of NITDA, stated this in his remarks delivered at a recent conference tagged, “Digital Trade in Africa: The Renewed Hope Strategy”, in Abuja, FCT.

The Director-General of the Information Technology (IT) sector regulatory agency shared with the participants how the digital economy and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can transform Nigerian trade, boost economic growth, and support livelihoods in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda.

Inuwa, at the event also attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima and Dr. 鈥橞osun Tijani, Honourable Minister for Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Inuwa also stressed the digital economy has fundamentally transformed the way millions of Nigerian consumers shop, bank, and communicate.

The digital economy is fast reshaping the West African country鈥檚 trade landscape and unlocking new pathways for economic growth, averred the NITDA Chief.

The agency noted that the event provided a veritable platform to discuss how the implementation of the AfCFTA’s Digital Trade Protocol involves the coordination of multiple agencies of the Nigerian Government, and the alignment with current and the development of new policies and strategies in the economy.

NITDA further opined that a dialogue within the government and with the Organised Private Sector (OPS) is essential to make a successful implementation of all these initiatives in order to maximise their positive impacts on consumers and the entire Nigerian economy.