Harnessing digital resources for national economy
The digital revolution is transforming lives and societies with unprecedented speed and scale, delivering immense opportunities as well as daunting challenges. Notwithstanding the challenges, developing economies are fast-making efforts to catch up with the developed world. Although these are still early days in the digital era, there are more questions than answers about how to deal with the digital challenge. Given the absence of relevant statistics and empirical evidence, as well as the rapid pace of technological change, decision-makers face a moving target, as they try to adopt sound policies relating to the digital economy. The need to find the appropriate policies for digital economy journey formed the basis of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), organised a National Dialogue on Telecoms and ICT Sector in Nigeria, themed: “Harnessing the Digital Resources for the building of our National Economy,” in Abuja, at ...