GITEX 2020: NITDA Creates Big Data Platform To Scale Up Investments In Digital Economy         As the global economy is rapidly transforming through creative innovations, Nigeria has created Big data platform to improve data gathering for service delivery. The Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency...

GITEX 2020: NITDA Unveils Top 10 Nigerian Tech Start-Ups At Global Forum       The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has unveiled 10 top Nigerian tech startups who have produced critical solutions to emerging technology. The Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa said the agency has offered full...

Pantami Commissions National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics       Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami has commissioned the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR) in Wuye District Abuja. Pantami said NCAIR will serve as a leading hub of innovation, research...

Financial Services Can Attract $10bn Through Blockchain – NITDA       The financial services sector in Nigeria has the capacity to attract about $10bn to the nation’s economy through adequate deployment of blockchain technology, the Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency said on Thursday. Director-General, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, told...

Data Protection: Nigeria's Success Story By Isiaku Ahmed       In 2018, the European Union (EU) began the implementation of the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR), which regulates the processing of data by an individual, a company or organization relating to individuals in the EU. The following year,...

Still on Kashifu's Benchmarks in NITDA By Muib Shefiu     Many people are wondering how Kashifu Inuwa had achieved numerous extraordinary feats in 365 days while some have neither dust their furniture nor unknot the knotty issues left by the past administration. Continuity is a suitable answer...