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…As Stakeholders Unite to Boost Commerce in South East<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By Godwin Chukwumaechi\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a show of collaboration between government, business owners and innovation leaders in the Southern part of the country, a tech firm, #StartupSouth is set to host a Digital Transformation Summit as a key pre-event leading up to #StartupSouthX.<\/p>\n #StartupSouthX is the landmark 10th edition of the South-South and South-East\u2019s premier innovation and entrepreneurship summit fixed for Friday, July 25, 2025, in Enugu State with the theme; \u201cPowering Businesses Through Innovation and Tech.\u201d<\/p>\n It is expected to bring together stakeholders across sectors to explore how to use digital transformation for unlocking of value, deepening resilience, and scale up high-impact ventures in Nigeria\u2019s South-East region.<\/p>\n A statement by Adaeze Ngozi Chianumba, co-founder, DigitalMoms & Lead, #StartupSouth Enugu Community said the event is to be hosted in partnership with the Enugu State Government, through the Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology, the Enugu SME Center, and the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Digital Economy.<\/p>\n She said representatives from the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) and other leading organizations are expected to participate at the summit.<\/p>\n Speaking on the essence of the summit, Chianumba said: \u201cThis is more than a conversation. It\u2019s a convergence of people who believe in Enugu\u2019s digital future. We\u2019re deepening momentum already building in the ecosystem by bringing corporate players into dialogue with founders and changemakers.\u201d<\/p>\n For his part, Israel Unya, founder of YuSocial.com and Co-Lead, #StartupSouth Enugu Community said the submit is a pointer that Enugu State is now a major player in the innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n \u201cThis summit is a signal that Enugu\u2019s innovation ecosystem is no longer on the sidelines \u2014 we\u2019re building a thriving community where startups, government, and corporate leaders collaborate meaningfully.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s about turning momentum into real opportunity and ensuring local founders have access to the networks, tools, and capital they need to scale,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n The statement added that key highlights of the summit would include; panel conversations with corporate executives, founders and government actors.<\/p>\n It also said startups would have the opportunity to showcase their digital solution demos, live pitch sessions and investor engagement, and keynote addresses and a digital transformation marketplace.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …As Stakeholders Unite to Boost Commerce in South East By Godwin Chukwumaechi\u00a0 In a show of collaboration between government, business owners and innovation leaders in the Southern part of the country, a tech firm, #StartupSouth is set to host a Digital Transformation Summit as a key pre-event leading up to #StartupSouthX. #StartupSouthX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}