Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami This yearâs Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) event and conference, which held at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE, gave Nigeria the opportunity to showcase itself as strategic gateway for investment in Africa, during the African Investment Forum at GITEX 2020, while wooing global investors, reports Emma Okonji The annual GITEX event, which commenced December 6, 2020, came to a close on December 10, with lots of opportunities for investments in Africa, as presented by Nigeriaâs Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami. While presenting a keynote speech at the African Investment Forum in Dubai, Pantami said with about 1.3 billion, Africa accounts for about a sixth of the global population, second only to Asia in terms of continents with the largest population. âThe United Nations has gone on to project that Africa will account for at least of quarter of the global population by 2050, with 50 per cent of these Africans projected to be below the age of 25 years. Africa has a massive geographical size that is almost the size of Europe and North America combined. It also accounts for a significant portion of the worldâs natural resources, much of which are used for the manufacturing of ICT devices. For instance, materials like tantalite and cobalt are very useful in the production of laptops, batteries and other electronics; 71 per cent of the worldâs tantalum comes from Africa while the continent meets 58 per cent of the worldâs global cobalt needs.