AOT 4.0 Keynote Address delivered by Abubakar Suleiman

1. AoT Lagos 4.0
Building a Resilient Talent for
Digital Transformation

2. State of Technology in Nigeria
There are over 90,000 tech talents in Nigeria
Nigeria accounts for 1/3 of Africa’s startup funding
Over USD2 billion has been raised by start-ups (mostly
technology companies) in 7 years (2015 – 2022)
Technology contributes 18.44% to Nigeria’s GDP
Technology sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in
Nigeria

3. The Right Talent for
Digital
Transformation

4. Sterling has gone beyond banking with the development of various lifestyle products with this combination. Our people are our
assets and we search them out with these. The intersection of skills and competencies are crucial to the execution of an effective
organizational digital transformation.
Skills Competencies
Digital risk
Cyber security
Data management
Digital compliance
Cloud technologies
Information security
Product management
Development operations
Technology development
Robotic process automation
Quality assurance and testing
Etc.
Creativity
Critical thinking
Problem solving
Lifelong learning
Customer centricity
Personal effectiveness
Etc.
Right
Talent

5. The Right
Organization
for Tech Talents

6. Agile organizational culture
Globally competitive employee value proposition
Rewarding lifelong learning
Flexible work structure & contracts
Building the right organization through…

7. Ensuring Continuous Growth
in the Technology Ecosystem

8. Investment in infrastructure and capacity-building
programs
Provision of funding options for infrastructure and capacity
building e.g BNPL or PAYE schemes
Collaboration and partnership (Between private
companies, government and development and
international organizations)
Ensuring growth through…

9. Sterling’s Plays So
Far

10. Partnership with Decagon to train over 200 young people
in technology skills
Providing funding to over 500 students for graduate
education with Nexford
Building platforms that allow young people to learn and
earn simultaneously
Partnerships with state governments to establish
innovation/tech hubs
Sterling has fostered growth through…

11. Thank
You