FG Eyes $185m Annually as MTN Builds Cloud Infrastructure Starting next year, Nigeria is expected to save $185 million every year hitherto spent by Nigerians to host their data in Google, Amazon and Microsoft as MTN Nigeria’s $150m tier 3 data centre with cloud infrastructure...

‎FG, Gates Foundation Seal $7.5m Deal to Launch National AI Scaling Hub ‎Nigeria has signed a landmark agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch the Nigerian Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scaling Hub, backed by up to $7.5 million in funding and technical support. ‎The...

21 million Nigerians Lack Telecom Access — Tijani The minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, revealed that 21 million Nigerians across 4,834 communities, most rural areas, lack access to basic mobile connectivity. He disclosed this while announcing two announcements pertaining to the digital...

FG Streamlines Public Service Access with Digital Platform  The Federal Government, through its digital infrastructure provider, Galaxy Backbone, has launched the Government Service Portal in collaboration with the Korea International Cooperation Agency. According to a statement on Wednesday by the Head of Media and Corporate Communications...

Tech: FG to Equip 3m Nigerians, Plans $5bn for ICT Firms  The Federal Government is set to equip three million Nigerians with tech skills over the next four years. It set a plan to help startups raise their yearly funding rounds to $5bn by 2027, and...