 Stakeholders in Nigeria's technology space have underscored the key role the sector plays in almost every facet of businesses and daily lives. The set is in the silence of the CIO Awards to celebrate Chief Information Officers in Nigeria and Africa. Today, technology has become a mainstay of daily lives, including leading businesses and organisations. Those behind the workings are hardly mentioned, thus these awards. According to the convener, Abuela Lassendi, the objective is to recognise and celebrate the outstanding work by leaders in the information technology ecosystem. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, technology has indeed brought about innovative ways of doing businesses. You can work on technology today and you get a different result based on the complexity of the challenges you are directing it to solve. So technology is not static. That is why we use the word digital transformation, technology evolution. That means that technology takes you through phases of development. The technology that we use in the first industrial revolution is different from where we are now as the front industrial revolution. We are all CIOs or people in the technology space and I want to leave us with this challenge tonight. What's the use of what we know, where we can't actually make effect of it and build a great nation for ourselves? Even the banking sector has gone beyond financial services. Adewale Salami is a chief technology officer of a first generation bank. He spoke of innovation in the sector as other speakers shared more insights. Technology in the banking sector, technology is actually the driver. It is no longer banking, it is no longer financial assistance, it is actually banks and now IT companies. They are now IT companies and technology is the driver. Without banks and without the technology banks, I think we wouldn't have survived the COVID-19 pandemic. Okay, so technology can help in quite a number of challenges we have, both in governance and also in how we operate the economy. I strongly believe that with the new digital economy build that was passed by the government, we are looking forward to more technology solution, you know, transforming the way we operate and the way we work here in Nigeria. The Outing provided a platform for awardees and stakeholders to connect with key players in the industry and ensure a solid presence.