Najeriya Ta Kaddamar da Kungiyar Ayyuka ta Smart Africa Alliance

Ministan Sadarwa da Tattalin Arziki na Digital na Najeriya, Farfesa Isa Pantami a madadin shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari ya kaddamar da kungiyar aiki ta Smart Africa Alliance Working Group.

Kungiyar ta ƙunshi mambobi 12 kuma Dr Nasir Shinkafi ne ke shugabanta, wanda kuma shine Babban Manajan Tsaro na Tsaro & Ci Gaban Kasuwanci a Galaxy Back Bone.

Ƙungiyar Smart Africa haɗin gwiwa ce ta shugabannin ƙasashen Afirka 30 da gwamnatoci da ke da niyyar yin amfani da damar yin amfani da hanyoyin sadarwa mai rahusa da kuma amfani da fasahar sadarwa da fasahar sadarwa (ICT) a Afirka don kafa tattalin arziƙin ilimi.

Shugaban kasa Muhammadu Buhari ya amince Najeriya ta shiga cikin Smart Africa a watan Satumbar 2022 sannan kuma ya amince da Galaxy BackBone Limited a matsayin kodinetan Najeriya.

Smart Africa wata sabuwar kungiya ce daga shugabannin ƙasashen Afirka da gwamnatoci don haɓaka ci gaban zamantakewa da tattalin arziki mai dorewa a nahiyar, tare da shigar da Afirka cikin tattalin arziƙin ilimi ta hanyar isa ga Broadband mai araha da amfani da ICT.

Da yake jawabi a Abuja, babban birnin kasar, Ministan wanda ya bayyana nasarorin da aka samu a fannin Tattalin Arziki na Dijital a matsayin wanda ba a taba ganin irinsa ba ya shawarci kwamitin da ya tabbatar da cewa Najeriya ta samu mafi girman fa’idar shiga kungiyar ba wai kawai ta sama ba.

“Muna da mafi girman tattalin arzikin dijital a Afirka. Idan ana maganar wasa Najeriya ce ke kan gaba a Afirka, kuma ko shakka babu. Watanni biyu kacal da suka wuce mun kasance a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tare da tawagar Najeriya don shiga cikin LEAP 2023. Akwai wadanda suka yi nasara a duniya guda shida inda sama da 10,000 Matasan Innovators suka halarci daga kasashe sama da 80. A karshe, Najeriya ta samu matsayi biyu a duniya cikin shida, Najeriya ce kasa daya tilo a duniya da ta samu nasara biyu,” inji shi.

Farfesa Pantami ya ce akasarin manufofin da aka samar a Najeriya, wasu kasashen Afirka ne ke daukar su, ya kuma nuna jin dadinsa kan yadda ake tada zaune tsaye.

Ya kuma bukaci kungiyar da ta tallafa wa hukumar gudanarwa da kuma cibiyar ta hanyar daidaitawa tare da ba da kwarewarsu daban-daban wajen zabar, haɓakawa da aiwatar da wani aiki mai tasiri mai tasiri wanda zai hanzarta ɗaukar ayyukan dijital da haɓaka tattalin arzikin dijital a Najeriya da Afirka na gaba ɗaya.

A wata hira da Muryar Najeriya, Kodinetan kungiyar ‘Nigerian Smart Africa Alliance Working Group’, Dokta Nasir Shinkafi, ya ce da Nijeriya a matsayinta na mamba a kungiyar, nahiyar Afirka na cin moriyar gaske sakamakon nasarorin da aka samu a halin yanzu a sashin tattalin arziki na dijital.

“Nasarar da ba a taɓa yin irin ta ba da kuma kyakkyawan aiki da aka yi rikodin a cikin ɓangaren tattalin arzikin dijital daga watan Agustan 2019 zuwa yau, ƙarƙashin kulawar Ministan Sadarwa da Tattalin Arziki na dijital, ya cancanci koyi daga ‘yan uwanmu na Afirka.”

Ya yi nuni da cewa, ana kallon Najeriya a matsayin abin koyi da zai iya saukaka hada dukkan ayyukan da ake bukata daga sauran kasashe mambobin kungiyar domin samar da wata kasuwa ta dijital ta musamman ga Afirka.

“Wannan yunƙurin zai ƙara tabbatar da matsayinmu na jagoranci a cikin yanayin yanayin tattalin arziƙin dijital na Afirka wanda zai kawo fa’idodi da yawa na canjin dijital zuwa Najeriya. Wannan ya faru ne saboda dalilai da yawa, irin su, adadin ƙwararrun ƴan ƙasa da aka gano ta hanyar Lambar Shaida ta Ƙasa, matasa da ƙwararrun yawan jama’a, girman kasuwa, watsa shirye-shiryen watsa shirye-shirye da kayan aikin girgije, haɓakar fintech da farawa, ingantaccen yanayin da Gwamnati ta samar, da kuma haka,” Shinkafi ya bayyana.

Ya bayyana cewa wasu kasashe mambobin kungiyar sun nuna sha’awarsu sannan kuma sun rubuta neman hadin gwiwa a fannoni daban-daban kamar manufofin raya kasa da ka’idoji, ababen more rayuwa, ilimin dijital, basira, canja wurin ilimi da haɓaka iyawa da sauransu.

Tare da Dokar Farawa ta Najeriya, Dokta Shinkafi ya ce akwai damammaki da dama da kungiyar za ta kawo ga tsarin farawa. “Yana aiki a matsayin laima guda ɗaya wanda ke kawo dukkan Afirka wuri guda don tattauna haɗa dijital, ɗaukar dijital da haɓaka dijital a cikin nahiyar Afirka. Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar, za mu tallafa wa ƙasashe membobin don haɓaka aikin farawa da kuma inganta hanyoyin mu na asali don samun tallafi a madadinsu.”

Ana sa ran kungiyar ‘Nigerian Smart African Alliance Working Group’ za ta bullo da tsare-tsare da za su ciyar da martabar kasar ta hanyar hadin gwiwa, inganta iyawa, hazaka da mika ilimi, samar da ayyukan yi, samar da arziki da samar da kudaden shiga da damammaki na zuba jari ta hanyar ci gaba da goyon bayan hukumar gudanarwa da kuma maida hankali a karkashin kulawar Ministan.

Kungiyar ‘Nigerian Smart Africa Alliance Working Group’ mai mambobi 12 ta samu mambobi ne daga Sashen Ma’aikatun Najeriya da Hukumomi kamar haka: Ma’aikatar Sadarwa da Tattalin Arziki ta Tarayya, Ma’aikatar Harkokin Waje ta Tarayya, Babban Bankin Najeriya, Galaxy Kashin baya iyaka, Hukumar Sadarwa ta Najeriya, Hukumar Bunkasa Fasahar Sadarwa ta Kasa (National Information Technology Development Commission), Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited da Ofishin Kare Bayanai na Najeriya.