The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida will chair the SUPERNEWS Nigeria SMEs confab scheduled for 10 am on June 13, 2024 at Radisson Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.
According to a statement signed by the Publisher of SUPERNEWS Nigeria, Ngozi Onyeakusi, the choice of Aminu Maida as Chairman was borne out of the Commission’s commitment in ensuring strong and credible regulatory framework that engenders a positive outcome in the financial inclusion policy of the Federal Government, given that financial inclusion holds a great potential for the Nigerian economy and for the financial stability of the country.
Maida obtained an MEng in Information Systems Engineering from Imperial College, London in 2002, and in 2006, he bagged PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kingdom.
Between 2018 and 2019, Maida completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship (FinTech Pathway) programme at the Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
The conference will be bringing together regulators, key stakeholders in the financial services sector, ICT, small business owners among others.
Dr. Biodun Adedipe, Founder and Chief Consultant of B. Adedipe & Associates Limited will deliver the keynote speech on the theme ‘ Bringing SMEs into the Financial Services Network via Fintech’, while the Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) will declare the event open.
