A Ground Opening Today at GITEX Technology Week in Dubai

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It was an interesting moment today after I arrived Dubai early hours from Nigeria to witness the opening ceremony of the biggest Technology Festival in Middle East, Africa and South Asia-The GITEX Technology Week at the Dubai World Trade Centre which is actually the 33rd edition.

The conference and exhibitions which has over 2000 new exhibitors, 37 country exhibitions with Serbia as official country partner had His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, opened GITEX Technology Week.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed was accompanied by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, His

Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, along with several dignitaries on the tour of the GITEX Technology Week opening. His Excellency Helal Saeed Almarri, Director General, Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing and CEO, Dubai World Trade Centre, organizer of GITEX, guided the VIP entourage on the opening tour.

You can follow the rest of the event via live feeds and then on twitter with the hastag #Gitextechweek

Enjoy some exciting moments I captured for your delight and look forward for Day 2.

 

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President,Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai and his entourage

 

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Omeruo Ndukaku Kenneth is an Innovation Management expert,the CEO of Emerging Media,a new media company.He is a member of ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management and the US-Africa chamber of Commerce.He is the Founder of TechTrends Nigeria Blog,Nigeria Innovation Summit and the African Innovation Academy.Kenneth is a highly sought-after Internet Marketing Consultant who has through his seminars, articles, training and consulting, helped many organizations, Individuals, Businesses maximize the Internet for business purposes.Kenneth has also being featured as a guest on the TV show TODAY ON STV Nigeria and on Bloomberg Africa TV.He is the author of the best –selling Internet Book: How To Create Unlimited Internet Wealth.

He is a syndicated columnist with the following Newspapers in Nigeria: Daily Independent, Financial Standard, PUNCH, BusinessDay, and Sun.Kenneth organises the EduNet Conference for Universities in Nigeria. Kenneth is a member of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria( ISPON ) Roundtable For Capacity Development in Nigeria,member pre-selection committee for Nigeria at the UN World Summit Awards,a Panelist for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria(YouWIN)-a Federal government initiative created by the ministry of finance,supported by ministries of Communications Technology,Youth Development,Worldbank and DFID.

A 2013 Judge at the Google Cloud Developers Challenge for Sub Saharan Africa.He has been a contributing editor of Nigeria Communications Week,Africa Telecom and IT Business Magazine,ICT Today magazine,M2 magazine.Kenneth has been invited to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum, Oracle Open World Conference USA, Oracle Cloud World Dubai, and GITEX Dubai.

He now lives in New York with his family and presently working on an Open Innovation project for Nigeria.
You can contact Kenneth through email: [email protected]

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