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...

Again, NITDA to Sponsor Innovative Start-ups for Global Tech Exhibition in UAE       The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has opened its application for sponsorship of Nigerian startups to the upcoming 40th edition of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX) taking place at the Dubai...

Nigeria and The Quest for A Sustainable EdTech Agenda, By Inyene Ibanga     New and evolving technologies are providing huge disruptions across every sector of human activity at a very rapid rate. Digital technologies have completely transformed the process and practice of education, which used to...

Fighting Cyber Crime through Public-Private Collaboration By Inyene Ibanga     Cyberspace is constantly flooded with information generated by individuals, corporate organisations, state institutions and businesses on a daily basis. This information is easily processed, transferred or stored for use in our everyday personal and business activities. As...

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,...

FG Earns N13.65m From Data Protection Fine, Report Filing       The Federal government has earned the sum of N13.65m from the data protection activities involving licensing, audit report filing and fine, according to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation Performance report. As contained in the report published by...