The Managing Partner of Duale, Ovia and Alex-Adedipe (DOA), Alex-Adedipe, has said the 2024 Technology, Media and Telecommunication (TMT) Business Law Breakfast Series being organised by DOA will serve as a catalyst for collaboration, innovation, and growth in the Nigerian tech sector.

He also noted the role of the event as a forum for stakeholders to assess the current state of the Nigerian tech ecosystem, deliberate on pertinent policies, reforms, and global trade dynamics influencing its trajectory, and identify pivotal challenges and opportunities in catalyzing investment and fostering growth.

According to DOA in a statement made available to the media, Alex-Adedipe said the event was coming amidst substantial growth in Nigeria’s tech landscape.

“The DOA Business series will discuss the fundamental drivers of growth, including state policies, investment opportunities and global trade while also deliberating on strategies to further substantiate the ecosystem’s growth,” he said.

Additionally, he said, the event aims to showcase exemplary practices, success narratives, innovations, and regulatory frameworks shaping fundraising within the Nigerian tech space.

He further said the event, which comes under the theme ‘The Nigerian Tech Ecosystem: Policies, Investments, and Global Trade’, targets government officials and policymakers, venture capitalists, investors, financial institutions, tech entrepreneurs, startups, innovators, corporate entities, industry leaders and tech enthusiasts.

Earlier, in a programme of events released to the media, DOA said the TMT Business Law Breakfast Series, scheduled to hold on 2nd May, 2024 at Ebony Life Place, Victoria Hall, Lagos, will feature a keynote speech on “Fostering Innovation and Investments through Enabling Policies, Viable Business & Economic Environment” as well as a fireside chat to be anchored by Business Anchor and Host, Global Business Report on Arise News, Aruoture “Rotus” Oddiri.

The event will also feature two panel sessions.

The first session on “Unlocking Investments: Policies, Reforms and Regulations” will be moderated by Adeniyi Duale, Partner, Duale Ovia & Alex-Adedipe, while the panellists are Olatubosun Alake, Commissioner for Science, Innovation and Technology, Lagos State; Adesuwa Okunbo-Rhodes, Founder and Managing Partner, Aruwa Capital Management; Femi Ogunjimi, Co-Founder and MD, CardinalStone Capital Advisers; Olumide Soyombo, Angel Investor and Co-Founder, Voltron Capital, BlueChip Technologies Limited, and Tosin Eniolorunda, Founder and Group CEO, Moniepoint (formerly TeamApt).

The second session on “Show Me the Money” will be moderated by Nichole Yembra, Founder and Managing Partner, The Chrysalis Company, while the panellists are Kola Aina, Founding Partner, Ventures Platform; Yanmo Omorogbe, COO and Co-Founder, Bamboo; Olu Oyinsan, Managing Partner, Oui Capital; Dr Femi Kuti, CEO, Reliance Health, and Tosin Faniro-Dada, Partner, Breega.