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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani; the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; Lagos State Commissioner for Innovation, Science & Technology, Olatunbosun Alake and other dignitaries will lead discussions as the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) hosts a pre-event virtual forum as a build-up to the FIN Web Conference & AI Expo 2025.
The FIN Web Conference & AI Expo will take place from November 16 to 18, at the Computer History Museum, Silicon Valley, Northern California, United States.
The theme of the event is, “Igniting the Future – AI Innovations Shaping a Sustainable Digital Economy, Connecting to Africa,” while the pre-virtual forum will take place on Friday, October 10, between 5pm and 6pm.
The FIN’s director, International Communications, Mr Ayo Ayeni, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists yesterday.
According to Ayeni, the session would spotlights the intersection of AI, investment, sustainability, and Africa’s digital future, convening global tech leaders, investors, innovators and policymakers for one power hour of insight and action.
Other speakers at the event include Eric Schmidt (former CEO, Google); Sabeer Bhatia (co-founder) Hotmail; Mark Minevich (global AI strategist & venture advisor); Mehdi Paryavi (Chairman, IDCA—data-centre standards leader), hosted by Dalith Steiger (co-founder, SwissCognitive).
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The host and moderator of the event, Dalith Steiger (SwissCognitive) is a foremost global AI convener and industry voice and she is expected to shape the executive dialogues on AI adoption and impact.
Chairman of FIN, Dr Olayinka Fayomi, will deliver the opening remarks with a topic titled: “Championing Africa–Silicon Valley investment bridges and digital economy,” while Mark Minevich, will deliver the keynote address with a topic titled: “Sovereign AI for Inclusive Growth: A practical 12-month roadmap for Africa’s digital economy.”
Other keynote speakers are Eric Schmidt, former CEO, Google and Mehdi Paryavi, Chairman, IDCA, who will deliver a topic titled: ‘Building AI-Ready Data Centres: Standards, Sustainability, and Sovereign Digital Infrastructure.’
Global thought leaders expected at the event include Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder of Hotmail; serial tech investor enabling new digital frontiers; Prabhav Sharma, AI/industry transformation leader bridging enterprise scale and public value; Wayne Ronhaar, digital infrastructure and sustainability strategist for AI-ready operations and Tim Kline, enterprise innovation and emerging-tech commercialisation specialist.
Speaking on the uniqueness of the event, the organisers said: “There is the need for Africa to do the needful at the AI table and it is important to elevate Africa’s leadership in shaping sustainable digital economies.”
On global connectivity, FIN further disclosed that it would ensure direct access to Silicon Valley investors, policymakers and innovators, saying that it would encourage the stakeholders to showcase experts across AI, fintech, cybersecurity, sustainability and infrastructure.
