Data-Driven Innovation for
Societal Impact Summit 2026
From Data to Impact: Driving Innovation for National Development
Join the DISI Movement
The Data-Driven Innovation for Societal Impact (DISI) Summit 2026 is a landmark national event bringing together researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, academics, and emerging talents from across Nigeria and the wider international community to engage in a national conversation on how data can inform innovation and policy to drive meaningful and lasting change. Despite Nigeria’s unprecedented growth in technology, data science, and innovation, a significant gap remains between academic research, industry application, and policy implementation. The DISI Summit 2026 is designed to bridge that gap — convening the most eminent and forward-thinking voices across sectors to translate evidence into action and shape the future of Nigeria’s development agenda.
What WE AIM To ACHIEVE
Bridge the gap
Connect research, industry, and policy in one national conversation.
Translate evidence to action
Chart a credible path from data to real-world outcomes.
Accelerate innovation
A structured platform for cross-sector collaboration.
Build lasting connections
Forge partnerships across academia, government, and industry.
What you gain by attending
Keynotes Speeches
Hear from Nigeria's leading voices in data, policy & industry.
Expert Panels
Engage with debates on Nigeria's development challenges
Accredited Training
Hands-on workshops with accredited certificate.
Networking
Connect with researchers, policymakers & industry leaders.
Industry Exhibition
Explore innovations from leading organisations across Nigeria.
Meet the Organisers
The DISI Summit 2026 is pioneered by Al-Muhibbah Open University and organised by Innovation Path Limited — working together to drive data-driven development and innovation across Nigeria.
Royal Endorsement
Nigeria’s development depends not merely on the resources we possess, but on the knowledge and evidence with which we deploy them. The Data-Driven Innovation for Societal Impact (DISI) Summit 2026 represents precisely the kind of purposeful national dialogue that our country needs — a platform where research meets policy, where evidence meets action, and where the brightest minds across sectors come together to shape a future worthy of our people. I am pleased to lend my endorsement to this important initiative and commend Innovation Path and Al-Muhibbah Open University for their commitment to driving evidence-based development in Nigeria. I encourage academics, researchers, policymakers, industry leaders, innovators, development practitioners and emerging talents to engage fully with this summit and to carry its outcomes forward into the communities and institutions they serve.
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Meet Some of our Speakers
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE
Director-General/CEO
National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA
Pre-Summit Workshop
The DISI Fellowship is a one-day immersive pre-summit workshop taking place a day to the summit. Fellows work in collaborative teams to identify Nigeria’s most pressing national development challenges, map data and innovation opportunities, design actionable solutions, and build the cross-sector partnerships needed to bring those solutions to life.
Upon completion, all fellows receive an accredited certificate from Al-Muhibbah Open University, Abuja.
Exhibition
The DISI Innovators Platform is the summit’s dedicated exhibition and networking session, a structured space where businesses, startups, researchers, and innovators from across Nigeria showcase their products, services, and solutions directly to over 300 participants.
Register for the DISI Summit 2026
Early bird registration closes 31st July 2026 — 5% discount for individuals and 3% for (already discounted) group bookings
Professional
Full access to all summit sessions, networking lunch and exhibition.
Academic/Researcher
For academics and researchers with valid institutional affiliation.
Student
For full-time students with valid student identification.
Payment details will be provided upon confirmation of your registration
Register as Participant Register for Group BookingPartner with the DISI Summit 2026
Place your organisation at the heart of Nigeria’s most important data and innovation conversation of the year
Platinum
The pinnacle of partnership. The most prestigious association available at the DISI Summit 2026.
Gold
A distinguished association with Nigeria's most significant data and innovation platform.
Silver
A valued stake in a landmark national conversation on data, innovation and development.
Our team will be in touch with full sponsorship details and payment information after receiving your enquiry
Enquire NowVenue
Abuja Continental Hotel
Wuse Zone 4 P.M.B 143
Abuja 900001, Nigeria
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