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Kaduna Investment Opportunities
Nov
2019
Kaduna State of Nigeria
has demonstrated firm commitment to
achieving
sustainable economic growth by legislating
to make it easier to do business, attract
investment and aligning its budget to capital expenditure to
build human capital and infrastructure. Alhaji Musa Bello
Abdullahi seized this opportunity among other reputable
Nigerians to bring foreign investors from Canada, China and
other African countries to invest and do business in Kaduna
State.
Chairman Musa
Bello Abdullahi is the CEO at AMA Investment &
Infrastructure Holdings and a philanthropist.
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Dr Baba J Adamu has participated
in
the Canadian Trade Missions to Africa
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South Africa,
Nigeria, and Senegal following the G-8 commitment
towards Africa:
He also participated as a team-member
of the former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner in the Ukraine
Presidential Election with co-operation
with the EU, and 2005 National Political Conference (Confab) in Nigeria:
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Today,
as captured by KadInvest, innovation has become a key distinct feature that
can define long-term business success, which in turn leads to
economic
growth and consequent job creation. Fostering innovation has however often
been the privilege of wealthy nations, given the high R&D costs associated
with it and the investments in human capital required to succeed in this
undertaking.
Innovation in Africa however, has paradoxically existed despite a prevailing
developmental environment plagued by deficits in skills, technologies and
infrastructure. Innovation on the continent stems from the urgent need to
find immediate and sustainable solutions for critical problems Africa has
been facing, which threatens to hinder its next phase of development, if not
handled appropriately. It also relies on Africa’s extensive supply of ideas,
which emanates from the minds of its own people. With the fastest growing
population on earth, Africa has more human capital potential than anywhere
else on earth. Increasingly well-educated African youths have the motivation
and potential to think of suitable African solutions to widespread African
problems. Entrepreneurship also plays a major role and according to the
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, among the 10 countries with the highest
number of start-ups in the entire world, five are African. Innovators on the
continent are clearly living in a new era of opportunity where there is an
enormous need for innovation.
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A major component of the current administration’s Restoration mandate is
creating jobs and building a prosperous society for all. In line with this,
Kaduna State Government has demonstrated its unwavering commitment towards
developing its human capital, infrastructure, policies and reforming the
business environment
to foster innovation and facilitate the easy inflow of investments into the
State. These reforms and projects – combined with Kaduna’s natural
potential, teaming youthful population, and the solid pedestal of committed
and visionary leadership – have clearly precipitated remarkable progress.
Even more satisfying is the fact that according to the World Bank, Kaduna is
now the overall best State in Nigeria to do business in. (Abdin, 2019). If
Kaduna can develop an integrated innovation ecosystem, it stands to
supercharge its economy, its society and the livelihoods of millions in the
State.
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"Where despair and hopelessness exist, those who
have the ability to take action have the moral responsibility to take action
to help those who live on the bare edge of survival. And democracy is more
than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an
ideal we must carry, a trust we must bear and pass along. And even after all
these years, we have a long way yet to travel, that is why we must all be
involved ..." - Baba J Adamu
FUTURE OF ICT IN NIGERIA
"Today, Nigerian ICT sector is at the cross roads. The direction we choose
will determine not just our future but also the legacy we leave behind for
future generations of knowledge workers in this country, who have the
creativity to dream impossible dreams and the determination to translate
those dreams into reality"...- Baba
J Adamu

“Given the emergence of
new regional dynamics in development policy and
practice, Arewa region MUST fine-tune current regional
development perspectives and
to develop new ones that are not only more in sync with
the present and future global context but with the
governance systems being currently adopted that are
becoming more and more decentralized and grassroots
oriented. States
Governors within the Arewa region must
come together to create and adopt the Arewa Regional
Economic Plan with emphasis on a balanced approach
to
development and opportunity for all diversity
irrespective of one’s tribe, social class, religious
belief and even political affiliation; and establish
targets for economic growth of the entire region taking
advantage of our Demographic Shifts, which will fuel the
growth of new sectors, markets, and service lines in our
communities. The ability of our diversity to build
strength and unity is the power that will propel the
region and consequently, the Nigerian industry, into new
dimensions of performance and inclusive growth.
Catalyzing Inclusive Growth Through ICT-enabled
solutions in healthcare, education, financial services
and public services can drive socio-economic development
and inclusion of more than 30 million citizens each
year, faster, cheaper and more effectively than
traditional models. The economic plan should be built on
current regional opportunities, collaboration and
innovation linking States macroeconomic models with
regional development and economic plan termed: Regional
Econometric Model”…President
ACRD
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