In its bid to expand the stakeholder space for Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition, Digital Africa Global Consult (DAGC) Limited, the owner and organizer of the annual tech show, has announced a new initiative tagged “Digital Africa 100” Awards. The announcement was made at the unveiling of the company’s hybrid monthly magazine also called DIGITAL AFRICA, held virtually in Abuja, FCT, Nigeria, today.
At the occasion, Chairman of DAGC Limited, Dr. Evans Woherem, commended the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) for it’s full involvement and support for the tech show which was first held in Abuja in 2013.
Dr. Woherem noted that, “Since Nigeria established its own ministry of tech back in 2011, the ministers in charge have warmly embraced and supported our self-imposed mission to spearhead the transformation, modernization and growth of Africa’s tech industry, through this continental ICT event.”
“It all started with Dr. Mrs. Omobola Johnson the then Minister of Communications Technology (2011-2015) who declared open the inaugural edition of Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition in April 2013 in Abuja. This was followed by Hon. Abdur-Raheem Adebayo Shittu who led the ministry between 2015-2019. Hon. Shittu was just as supportive of the tech show; bringing the immediate past Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to attend one of the editions. I must also use this opportunity to thank the immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who attended every edition of Digital Africa during his tenure (2019-2023).”
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Woherem added that, “Now that Digital Africa has established its roots very firmly in Nigeria, we have started to put our attention in engaging more and more tech stakeholders from the rest of Africa to join us in Abuja annually for the show. This is what informed the new pre-event initiative, Digital Africa 100 Awards.”
According to the CEO of the 13th Digital Africa 2025, Mr. Frederick Apeji, “The annual pre-event Digital Africa 100 Awards program seeks to recognize, honour and celebrate the 100 biggest tech companies in each of the five regions of Africa. Altogether, we will be beaming our searchlight on 500 top tech companies across the continent, from Egypt to South Africa, from Senegal to Tanzania, from Ghana to Angola, and from Nigeria to DR Congo. We envision a greater collaboration amongst these leading tech and tech-related companies amongst themselves, first within each of these five regions, and then within Africa as a whole.”
Apeji explained that, “The pre-event continental roadshow to present these awards will take our team to Accra, Ghana (representing West Africa); Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (representing East Africa); Cairo, Egypt (North Africa); Johannesburg, South Africa (Southern Africa); and Kinshasa, DR Congo (Central Africa). While Abuja continues to serve as the permanent host city (PHC) of Digital Africa, we have now designated these additional cities as important and strategic hubs to effectively forge valuable and lasting relationships across the African tech ecosystem.”
