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As Nigeria prepares to host its first edition of GITEX in September 2025, the event is positioned as a major milestone for Africa’s digital transformation journey. With Lagos and Abuja as dual host cities, GITEX NIGERIA will spotlight breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, fintech, digital health, and startup innovation, reinforcing the country’s role as a continental tech powerhouse.
CxOTrail is proud to support and amplify Africa’s most transformative tech events. Below is the official press statement from GITEX GLOBAL organizers.
📰 Official Press Release:
GITEX GLOBAL, the world’s largest tech and start-up show announces further expansion into Africa with the launch of GITEX NIGERIA. Scheduled to make its debut in September 2025, the highly anticipated event is set to revolutionise Nigeria’s burgeoning technology sector. By creating a dynamic platform for innovators, start-ups, and the next generation of tech enthusiasts, GITEX NIGERIA aims to catapult the country’s digital economy into new heights of growth and innovation.
GITEX NIGERIA was announced during GITEX AFRICA Morocco, the continent’s largest tech and start-up show, at a signing ceremony between KAOUN International, the international event organising arm of the Dubai World Trade Centre and organiser of GITEX GLOBAL, and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the technology arm of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy of Nigeria.
The MoU was signed by Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) of Nigeria and Ms. Trixie LohMirmand, CEO of KAOUN International, organiser of GITEX GLOBAL, in the presence of Dr. Tunji Alausa, Hon. Minister of State for Health & Social Reform, Nigeria.
Taking place in both Lagos and Abuja, the most strategic and business influential cities in Nigeria, GITEX NIGERIA is poised to become be the largest in-market access event of the decade to discover Nigeria’s vast tech ecosystem. It ushers the tech community to fully explore the biggest and most valuable opportunities in this most populous African country, with the world’s most talented generation of tech and digital youths.
Director-General and CEO of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, said: “You can’t trade in isolation therefore we need to create a platform to accelerate trade in Nigeria. Presidential priorities include the acceleration of diversification through digitisation, industrialisation, manufacturing and innovation; to reform the economy to deliver sustained economic growth. The present mandate of our Ministry to accelerate the economy diversification by enhancing productivity in critical sectors, such as healthcare, education, and agriculture through technology and innovation. Bringing GITEX to Nigeria gives us the opportunity to export Nigerian technology to the world.”
CEO of KAOUN International, Trixie LohMirmand, organiser of GITEX NIGERIA, said: “The format of GITEX NIGERIA will be unique. It will enable the exploration of vast potential during a time when Nigeria is experiencing exponential growth impact in sectors such as AI, Health, Finance and Startups. We hope to co-create and multiply global partnerships to forge new opportunities for Nigeria across industries with the biggest societal betterment potential”.
GITEX NIGERIA shines a spotlight on the country’s exponential growth sectors in AI, Future Finance, Digital Health, Start-ups and Scale-ups. It will integrate the Nigerian tech ecosystem firmly into GITEX AFRICA Morocco and extend its reach into GITEX GLOBAL in Dubai and GITEX EUROPE in Berlin.
Reflecting core critical sectors aligned to the national digital strategy, GITEX NIGERIA’s co-located shows will be introduced with the inaugural edition, including AI Everything Nigeria, North Star Nigeria for Startups, and the GITEX Health Tech 5.0 and GITEX Future Finance 5.0. The eagerly expected tech event will amplify in-market potential in the region’s fastest emerging country, with economic performance to grow 11.2% in 2024 according to the African Development Bank.
Source: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC)
