Omojuwa tackles social media4D @ NDS forum

Japheth Omojuwa, social media analyst

Nigerian youthful online entrepreneur, Mr. Japheth Omojuwa, is gearing up for the 2012 edition of the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D).

The Executive Director, Operations at the DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke, made this disclosure in Lagos, at the weekend.

She also disclosed that Omojuwa, a public analyst of economic issues on television, radio and new media, would be discussing Internet and Social Media as a tool for development, at this year’s annual DSA forum on Internet Governance for Development, to be held in Lagos, between March 8 and 9, 2012 at Golden Gate, Ikoyi-Lagos.

She noted that with many awards to his name, Omojuwa who is currently adjudged the best Nigerian political blogger; an award won in a poll involving Nigerian bloggers from across the world, would take the youths on the strategies towards taking advantage of social media.

In addition, Omojuwa, she said, was nominated Nigeria’s twitter user of the year while being named the best political user of twitter in Nigeria recently.

Equally, DSA boss noted that Omojuwa has become one of the strongest voices against the unsustainable cost of governance and Nigeria’s increasingly inefficient and ineffective big government.

A director with the United States-based Prometheus Institute, she said Omojuwa is passionate about good governance and socio-economic issues in Africa.

Omojuwa, who is the editor of africanliberty.org, equally blogs at www.omojuwa.com and tweet’s handle @omojuwa, said that these two social media tools have helped to prepare the grounds for the Nigerian Occupy Movement among other revolutionary initiatives.

Some of these strategies, he said, should be unveiled in his presentation at the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum 2012.

ITRealms Online recalls that the 2012 edition of the Nigerian DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Forum series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) has been slated to hold in March between 8 and 9 at its usual venue, Golden Gate Paradise, Ikoyi-Lagos, according to Mrs. Nweke, who said that the March date was taken after adequate consideration on other industry events billed for this year.

She also said that already, stakeholders have started taking space for participation in the two-day forum, which includes conference and exhibition of internet-related products and services, which promotes development.

Additionally, she noted that the forum prepares Nigerians and stakeholders alike on the importance of participating on the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

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DSA forum on IG4D gets March date

Nkemdilim Nweke, Executive Director, DigitalSENSE Africa

The 2012 edition of the Nigerian DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA) Forum series on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) has been slated to hold in March between 8 and 9 at its usual venue, Golden Gate Paradise, Ikoyi-Lagos.

The Executive Director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa, the organizers of the forum, Mrs. Nkemdilim Nweke said that the March date was taken after adequate consideration on other industry events billed for this year.

She also said at the weekend that already, stakeholders have started taking space of participation in the two-day forum, which prepares Nigerians and stakeholders alike on the importance of participating on the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

According to her, the previous three years have seen the Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series recording resounding success each year and serving as a roundtable for discussion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) issues with particular reference to Internet Governance (IG).

She said that this year’s forum theme would be on ‘Internet Governance and Mobile Economy in Nigeria.’

Highlighting the importance of the theme, Mrs. Nweke said that with the licensing of some companies by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to operate mobile money, it has become crucial to explore this in line with laws of the land and relevant regulations in comparison with the global best practices.

She further said that the fact that these licensees tend to drive their services to Nigerians based on mobile networks already existing makes it imperative to create more awareness on the subject and how it would affect Nigerians and Internet community in the country.

Mrs. Nweke confirmed that the two-day event would hold at the prestigious Golden Gate Paradise, Ikoyi-Lagos with several speakers already filing in for the event both offshore and within the country.

She, therefore, enjoined notable Internet Service Providers (ISP), Value Added Service (VAS) providers, network vendors, telecom operators and mobile money operatives and consumer groups to take active part in the forum.

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