The Nigeria Innovation Summit NIS 2019 has continued to garnersupports and endorsements ahead of the August 20 and 21 eventin Lagos. The National Coordinator, Tony Ajah said on Tuesday, in astatement, that the latest partnership came from the Nigerian CommunicationsCommission NCC, the country’s telecom regulator that has been on the vanguardfor innovations, research and developments. He added that according to NCC, supporting NIS is in line withits commitment to promoting ICT innovation and investment opportunities andfacilitating strategic collaboration and partnerships to grow the economy. He said that the Summit which was opened to participation wouldhelp Nigeria embrace innovation and move in the direction of digitaltransformation. He said it would also be through the use of emerging technologies and trends, research, development, commercialisation, entrepreneurship and investments as the key drivers of an innovation ecosystem.