WATCH THE VIDEO HERE The federal government has announced the establishment of an advisory committee for its 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) with the appointment of key leaders in Nigeria’s tech community as its members. According to the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, the Committee will be chaired by Emeka Afigbo, Senior Director of Developer Success at Okta. Other members of the Committee include founder of Future Africa and co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji; Ex-CPO, Typeform, Calendly, Twitter, Oji Udezue; GTM Acceleration Lead – EMEA, AWS, Joy Omoregie; CEO, PremiaBN, Bola Lawal; and CEO, Outsource Global, Amal Hassan. According to the Minister, the Committee was set up to provide oversight and guidance for the continued successful implementation of the 3MTT program. As chairman of the committee, Afigbo, a respected figure in developer relations with a background at Meta and Google, is expected to bring his expertise in building developer ecosystems across Africa to the 3MTT program. According to Tijani, the 3MTT program is a critical part of the Renewed Hope agenda and is aimed at building Nigeria’s technical talent backbone to power its digital economy and position Nigeria as a net talent exporter.
FG appoints Emeka Afigbo, Iyin Aboyeji, 5 others as 3MTT Advisory Committee members
