ANAMBRA SHOWCASES INNOVATIVE POTENTIALS

Michael Ezenwata :

Anambra State has flagged off its innovative technological and entrepreneurial initiative tagged, ‘Anambra Innovative Week 2024’ to showcase to the world, the vast potentials of its technological endowment and prospects for the future.

The four- day event the first of its kind in the state, and under the inspiration of governor Chukwuma Soludo; was flagged at the International Convention Centre Awka.

The governor represented by his deputy Dr.Onyekachukwu Ibezim, spoke of the vision of the governor which anchors on the technological transformation of the state.

According to him, the state has already keyed into the global trend of industrialization and is poised to move to the next level of harnessing its rich technological potentials for export.

The deputy governor highlighted the prospects of the 1 youth 2 skills programme initiative of the governor which have propelled the beneficiaries to higher levels of skills acquisition.

He urged the participants including other interested partners to key into the innovative programme that the 4- day event will bring to enhance their proficiency in their respective careers and the technological growth of the state.

In a welcome address, the Special Adviser to the governor on Innovation and Business Incubation Mrs. Chinwe Okoli stressed that the aim of the 4- day innovation week is to celebrate innovation in the state and to leverage on the gains of technology to move the state to the next level.

According to Mrs.Okoli, the governor is committed towards building a technological based economy with digitalized full operations in all sectors of the state economy.

She further noted that the state through the programme is laying a solid foundation for its technological advancement.

During the opening ceremony, a resource person residing in California United States of America, Mr. Emeka Afigbo spoke of the global trend anchored on the advancement inherent in the use of artificial intelligence in achieving some technological goals.

Mr. Afigbo showed a video clip of an automated self driven talking car which took his family to their destination.

The ICT sector in the state was also represented as its head Mr. Fred Agbata spoke of the gains inherent in the use of artificial intelligence.