The Smart Cities Nigeria 2017 Conference held at the Congress Hall, Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja, Nigeria on the 8^th and 9^th of August, provided a common forum for stakeholders in Nigeria to discuss and deliberate some of the most challenging issues and upcoming technologies towards the development of smart cities in Nigeria. The conference which was to the cheer and glare of dignified personalities in Nigeria, identified solutions, made proposals and developed key innovations towards the establishment of smart cities in Nigeria. See pictures below:

L-R: Country Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Chuks Okpaka; Managing Director, Edgebase Technologies Mr. Joel Egbai;

Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu; and

Director General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu,

During the SMART CITIES Nigeria Conference in Abuja on Wednesday.

L-R: Presales Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mr. Chinedu Eze;

Country Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Chuks Okpaka;

Managing Director, Edgebase Technologies, Mr. Joel Egbai; and

Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu;

During the SMART CITIES Nigeria Conference in Abuja.

Mr. Chuks Okpaka, the Country Managing Director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Nigeria Limited gave an awe-inspiring presentation on developing an effective smart city platform.

A smart city he said is where everything is connected – from the traffic lights to the telecom infrastructure; to the roadside equipment and the driver behavior; the quality of air in the atmosphere interacting with the air conditioner in the office nearby; the noise and vibration in the environment talking to the lighting – interconnectivity of smart cities was the focal point of the presentation.

Mr. Chuks Okpaka went further to give outstanding illustrations of what smart living is about. A smart city is where the city’s critical infrastructures, networks and services are made more efficient through optimized digital and telecommunication technologies. The smart city concept would mean; smarter urban transport, upgraded water supply, better commuting facilities, and more efficient ways to light and heat buildings.

As expounded by HPE Nigeria’s Country Managing Director, the potential for smart platforms is accessibility and usability – content must be organized for everyone to navigate and access. Having more than 1 billion customers in over 170 countries on six continents of planet Earth, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has proven to be the trusted IT vendor in IoT (internet of things), providing extensive technology for the smart cities value chain.

HPE is set to change the lives of society and its people forever through the HPE UIoT (Universal Internet of Things) Platform and Analytics. The Smart City Concept is the new future of Nigeria, and with HPE Nigeria in support of this feat, the future just got better.

L-R: Territory Sales Manager – Public Sector/Education, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Nigeria, Valentine Okoh

Country Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Chuks Okpaka;

Managing Director, Edgebase Technologies, Mr. Joel Egbai; and

Presales Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mr. Chinedu Eze;

During the SMART CITIES Nigeria Conference in Abuja.

L-R: Territory Sales Manager – Public Sector/Education, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Nigeria, Valentine Okoh

Country Managing Director, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Nigeria Limited, Mr. Chuks Okpaka;

Sales Manager, Edgebase Technologies Limited, Mrs. Toyin Obidi, Managing Director, Edgebase Technologies, Mr. Joel Egbai; and

Presales Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mr. Chinedu Eze;

During the SMART CITIES Nigeria Conference in Abuja.

The MD of Edgebase Technologies, Mr. Joel Egbai also stated that the future spoken about is upon us and technology partners like Edgebase need to position ahead of time in order to support the innovations of smart-cities that will positively impact the style of living and doing business for everyone. Edgebase Technologies Limited is presently a Gold Partner to Hewlett Packard Nigeria Limited, they have been serving businesses with IT solutions for over 11 years in Nigeria.