Nigeria Is Highly Competitive On The Digital Space: Abdullahi
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has stated that Nigeria has carved a niche as one of the most digitally competitive nations globally. This remarks comes after President Muhammadu Buhari redesigned the Ministry of Communications into the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Abdullahi during a webinar […]
NITDA Offers Free Virtual ICT Learning For Civil Servants And Others
One key thing that has been happening since the index case in Nigeria and consequent lockdown has been the wide accessibility to courses and learnings especially for digital skills which is the future of work. Previously, I have share about Pluralsight’s #FREEAPRIL where all courses were for free for the month of April. I have […]
NITDA Frowns At Poor Utilization Of Data Centers
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is invoking rules and regulations on hosting government’s data, as it has successfully drawn up relevant sections of guidelines, particularly to regulate Ministries, Departments and Agencies from going offshore to host. Dozens of countries, across every stage of development, have erected barriers to cross-border data flows, one of […]
NITDA Endorses Digital Africa for Promoting Local Technology Industry Development
Local and global technology industry stakeholders are endorsing the 2014 edition of the Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition, slated for May 20-22, 2014 in Lagos. In its second year, the annual technology industry event is fast evolving into the ultimate platform for rallying global and African thought leaders, corporations, associations and government agencies to […]
NITDA gives Funds to Nigerian Universities for Software Development
The National Information Development Agency (NITDA) has released funds to two universities and a polytechnic to boost development of local Software in Nigeria. The fund — 6.25 million — was given to schools that won a competiton organised by the NITDA last year. Abia State Polytechnic received parts of the funds for being the winner […]
DG NITDA: Nigerian IT growth at 30% annually
The Director General of Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Cleopas Angaye, has revealed that Nigeria’s IT industry is growing at the rate of 30% annually. He made this known during an address in Calabar at a conference on Cloud Computing in Nigeria. He said that there are 45 million internet users in Nigeria currently […]
e-Nigeria Conference Holds Later This Month
Technology conference, put together annually by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), e-Nigeria, will hold at the end of this month. The event gets top-bureaucrats, experts, researchers and other stakeholders together, to discuss Nigeria’s status in Information Communication Technology (ICT) and how to move forward. The theme of this year is “Local Content in […]