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Strategic Breakthrough in Nigeria: Presidential Support for Our AI & Cybersecurity Center

Strategic Breakthrough in Nigeria: Presidential Support for Our AI & Cybersecurity Center

Yesterday marked an important meeting for us in Nigeria 🇳🇬

Our Nigeria Branch CEO Eze Jasper Johnson II met with Nurudeen Abubakar Zauro PhD FCCA ACA Official Technical Advisor to the President of Nigeria on Development Finance and Financial Inclusion.

During the meeting, Dr. Zauro handed over a special letter from the Office of the Presidency to our CEO, confirming support for our upcoming and future commitments in the AI/ cybersecurity Lab Center, Engineering Center and the country’s sustainability projects.

This milestone coincides with the development of our new AI Research & Innovation Center in Port Harcourt, located just 10 minutes from the city’s main hub. The center will become one of Africa’s leading hubs, focused on:

Niegeria AI Software Research Center

World AI / Cybersecurity / Digital Chief Of Staff Umberto Colella

• Artificial Intelligence for Oil & Gas

( Coordinated by our – UAE – Italy AI Research Centers )

President /General Directors : –Sandro NastaAlessandro MasieroAdel Miran

• Sustainability & Energy Transition

NIGERIA team Dr. Orji Nyeche + Bursa 🇹🇷centers Huseyin KarayagizHasan AYARTURK

• Cybersecurity & Digital Resilience

SecurityScorecardPaolo Desperati

• Healthcare and Strategic Infrastructures

Dr. Orji Nyeche Nigeria Team + New Delhi center support

The artificial intelligence research center in Nigeria will be coordinated by our AI Lab Centers in Dubai – Milan/ Brindisi – Bursa : Adel Miran , Mohammed AL Hosani Ahmed AlmuainiHuseyin Karayagiz Hasan AYARTURK Engin AKEL Gianluca Annunziata Francesco Cuccurullo

Our Executive Vice President, Global Coordinator and Majority Shareholder Valentino Loforese , our Partner and Financial & Contracts President Federico Foscale and our President Robert C. Rockefeller congratulates CEO Eze Jasper Johnson II and the entire Nigerian team for the remarkable work carried out so far, and for the important role they will continue to play in the name of the company and the development of Africa.

Through these initiatives, we are proud to align our efforts with the National AI Strategy of Nigeria, contributing to the country’s vision for technological leadership and sustainable development across Africa.

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