Nigeria’s USD 3 Billion Energy Modernisation Programme will gain the desired impetus and accomplishment if there is a focus on technology innovation, technology experts who gathered at the GITEX Technology Week have said.
Speaking at the GITEX event, Pascal Dauboin, Senior Advisor for Digital Technologies at Total, one of the leading multinational investors in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry believes that the oil and gas companies’ experience of working in a multinational and multicultural context can help drive innovation across energy sector through technology innovation.
Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer, and the world’s fourth-largest liquefied natural gas exporter, according to the United States Energy Information Administration.
With energy companies playing a significant role in supporting high-tech energy infrastructure projects in Nigeria and across Africa the role of technology innovation cannot be overemphasized.
Meanwhile, Nigeria’s ambitious USD 3 billion energy modernisation program aims to expand the electricity supply, create more efficient energy production and usage, and increase rural and semi-urban power access from 35 per cent to 75 per cent.
“In today’s interconnected world, the ability to find, share, and integrate knowledge from across the spectrum is essential,” said Pascal Dauboin,
“The oil and gas industry is rapidly undergoing a digital transformation, with a rapid uptake of innovative technologies that are driving digital oilfields.
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“TOTAL is at the forefront of adopting innovations such as drones, robotics, and early event detection systems to monitor and repair infrastructure, while new generations of sensors enable the development of new products for real-time, on-line analysis, following the always increasing safety and quality requirements. Digitally transformed processes will increase performance, robustness, and security in many industrial domains while building the job skills of tomorrow,” added Pascal.
According to Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim, Director General of Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA): “From digital oilfields running on drones and robotics to smart grids distributing electricity generated from renewable energy, the energy sector in Nigeria and Africa hosts tremendous investment opportunities.
GITEX Technology Week’s Africa Investment Forum provides the opportunity for companies to find new investment opportunities under one roof,” said
In his views Trixie LohMirmand, Senior Vice-President for Exhibitions and Events Management at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Technology Week 2016. He explained that the energy, oil, and gas sector in Nigeria and Africa is rapidly undergoing digital transformation, and key players can discover the latest innovations and business opportunities at GITEX Technology Week,”
