The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Engr. (Dr.) Jani Ibrahim, mni, OON, has called for the injection of stronger digital capabilities, automation, and trust into the operations of traditional real sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, trade, mining, and others.
The NACCIMA President noted that the move will accelerate the actualisation of the $1 Trillion Economy aspiration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as majority of Nigerians earn their living through these real sectors.
Engr. Ibrahim made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the Digital Nigeria International Conference & Exhibition (DNICE) 2026 in Abuja, where he formally led Nigeria’s Organised Private Sector (OPS) into a landmark digital partnership with the Federal Government.
Representing the Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN) and the Federation of West African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FEWACCI), Engr. Ibrahim co-declared the high-level conference open alongside the Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, and the Honourable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani.
In a widely applauded keynote address, the NACCIMA President emphasised the importance of partnership between the public and private sector on digitalisation, commending Director-General and CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, for driving a “historic repositioning” of Nigeria’s digital economy.
Engr. Ibrahim’s address also focused heavily on how the NITDA-NACCIMA partnership is acting as the primary commercial engine to support the current administration’s ambitious $1 Trillion Economy Vision. He argued that a $1 Trillion GDP is impossible without injecting digital capabilities, automation, and trust into the traditional real sectors—agriculture, manufacturing, trade, and mining—where the majority of Nigerians make their living.
The National President officially introduced the NACCIMA-NITDA flagship architectures being deployed to meet this vision, which include the NACCIMA–NITDA 10,000 AI Enterprise Accelerator, the Integrated Digital Transformation Platform (IDTP), the National Digital Trustmark, among others.
The NACCIMA–NITDA 10,000 AI Enterprise Accelerator is a nationwide program that seeks to democratize artificial intelligence for 10,000 MSMEs and industrial players across all 36 states and the FCT. DTOs across 120+ chambers are mobilizing businesses to undergo digital diagnostics, receive practical AI training, and get equipped with digital enablement vouchers (cloud and connectivity credits). Additionally, 3MTT graduates will be integrated directly into these businesses to sustain their digital upgrades.
The Integrated Digital Transformation Platform (IDTP) serves as the “Digital Operating System” and central sovereign database for Nigeria’s Organized Private Sector. Through IDTP, informal MSMEs are digitized and verified in connection with CAC and FIRS. It uses automation to reduce trade documentation times—such as the e-Certificate of Origin (e-CoO)—from 48 hours to just 4 minutes.
The National Digital Trustmark is a compliance and verification badge anchored on the IDTP to ensure businesses meet data protection (NDPA 2023) and cybersecurity standards. It provides verified credibility for Nigerian businesses to access global export corridors like the AfCFTA and the UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
Highlighting the shift from policy to transaction, Engr. Ibrahim announced that NACCIMA has brought 10 of its top-tier corporate investors, financiers, and industrialists directly into the DNICE Executive Hall B2B Deal Rooms to negotiate procurement contracts, pilot trials, and direct equity with NITDA-vetted tech startups.
As President of FEWACCI, Engr. Ibrahim also pledged to scale these digital trust and trade frameworks across the ECOWAS sub-region, ensuring Nigeria serves as the natural digital and trade gateway for the African continent.
The DNICE 2026 conference continues through November 12th, featuring the Live Builders Festival and B2B matchmaking sessions.
