5,000 participants, including policy leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, educators, women in tech, grassroots innovators and students will on October 18 converge on the International Convention Centre, Awka for the third edition of “The Pivot Conference”, a programme launched in 2022 and aimed at ensuring that people, especially entrepreneurs and innovators in the South East leverage digital tools/platforms that connect them to opportunities, as well as tools and networks that can scale their ideas into prosperity.

Announcing this at a press conference in Awka, the Convener, Mr Ralph Eze, Esq, said “The Pivot Conference 3.0” with the theme; “Reimagine South East: A digital Future for All — Mainstreaming Digital Inclusion in Homogenous Communities”, will feature high-level plenaries, four dynamic breakout sessions, and pitch rooms that spotlight real transformation stories, describing the event as a movement and bold declaration that Southeastern Nigeria can and will define its own digital and economic future.

He said that the theme of the was informed by the fact that in South East region, opportunity is often concentrated in a few hands; while many remain excluded, adding that the future envisioned is one where every community, every cluster, every young person has access to the tools, knowledge and networks that power prosperity in the digital age.

Eze also announced the launching of the “Bridge4Scale Digital Innovation Hub”, an European Union-supported region-wide platform driving sector-specific digital transformation initiative that will anchor long-term digital adoption across the South-East.

To spark conversations and build anticipation ahead of the 18th October main event, the press conference commenced with a “Fireside Chat” that brought together select speakers, including a legal expert, cultural promoters, vendor conveners and digital economy advocates who had an interactive panel conversation on digitization, business growth, and community transformation in the South East.