He was awarded the prestigious “Public Policy Leadership in ICT Award” at the Young Innovators of Nigeria (YIN) 10th Anniversary Dinner/Award Ceremony in Abuja last week.

The award, presented last week in Abuja, acknowledged Dr. Agabi’s pivotal role in driving the development of Nigeria’s technology ecosystem. His expertise and insights have been instrumental in shaping policies that have fostered innovation and growth in the ICT sector.

In his acceptance speech, Dr. Bayero Agabi expressed his gratitude for the recognition and emphasized the importance of continued collaboration between government, industry, and academia to advance ICT development in Nigeria.

“This award is not just for me but for all those who have worked tirelessly to promote ICT in Nigeria,” he said.

The Young Innovators of Nigeria, a leading organization dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, organized the event to celebrate its 10th anniversary and honour individuals and organizations making significant contributions to the tech industry.

In addition to Dr. Agabi, several other recipients were recognized for their achievements in various fields of ICT.

These focus areas according to the organizer are; Governance, Innovation and People. The DigiVation Future Summit will also dwell on the social-political ecosystem in a society driven by digital minds and innovative technology.

“The DigiVation Future Summit will be anchored on Governance, Innovation and People. It discusses now with an eye on the future. A platform to articulate issues about the millennials and future generation with a mind towards building a better tomorrow,” said Dr. Bayero Agabi, Founder of Digivation Networks in a statement.

With the theme: ‘The Future Now’, the organizer noted that the summit also has Sub-themes around technology, enterprise, governance policy, innovation and digital content/YouTubers. It noted that this year’s edition features Digital Content Assembly to discuss digital content creation, impact on broadcasting and YouTubers.

“Time to discuss the future today. Digital content panel/Assembly of the digivation future summit is designed to Focus on the present while keeping an eye on the future, christened digital Content assembly, which is meant to delve into a number of key topics impacting content creation,” the statement added.

From social media impact to broadcasting, misinformation, social media for the voiceless, monetization and its economy. The digital Content Assembly of DFS is the leading platform for the broadcast, production, content delivery, digital media and satellite sectors.

Digivation Network is led by experts with over two decades of experience and the only platform to have won the UNECA prestigious award twice for best content and balance research with well over 100 national and international awards. It is undoubtedly one of Africa’s leading tech platforms on TV.

Intimating the Minister of his emergence, the Editor in-Chief, Hilary Damissah, praised the efforts and initiatives of the Minister and the gains recorded which according to him have given Nigeria some competitive bargain in the innovation and Information Communications industry.

He added that “Pantami choice was based on his unparalleled leadership in growing the Nigerian digital enterprise and innovation”.

Dr Bayero Agabi, the president and chairman of DigiVation Editorial Board, highlighted that the Minister has demonstrated leadership and commitment to repositioning the Nigeria digital economy sector to now become the poster boy of the economy.

In his response, Prof. Pantami, the Minister, expressed his gratitude to the Management of DigiVation Global Network and the organisation’s contributions to nation building.

He assured that the recognition will further spur him and his team to continue to do better. The award instituted four years ago has had four  previous winners with the first being Austin Okere founder Computer Warehouse Group, followed by Dr Akwasi Agyeman Executive Director/CEO, Ghana Tourism Authority, while from East Africa the only woman to have won it was Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire and for 2021, DigiVation Global Network announced the award winner as Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa Ali Patami as the DigiVation Man of the Year.

Accordingly to the foremost IT media organisation, the emergence of the relentless Pantami was arrived at through a rigorous research process carried out by our team of reporters and industry stakeholders to name him as the eventual winner.

Digivation Global Network is a multimedia organization with interest in content production, events across Africa, Europe and America.

DigiVation has also huge online media presence, radio and television with well over 100 awards.

It’s the only media and tech outfit to have won the prestigious United Nations Economic Commission for Africa/Africa Information Society Merit Award twice for balance report and research.