The Federal Government of Nigeria today, Tuesday, February 15, 2022, commissioned the Muhammadu Buhari IT Innovation Centre in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria, as part of its digital skills empowerment campaign. Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), the Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, who commissioned the fully completed project on […]
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The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) has praised the leadership of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for leading the way in Africa’s 5G rollout. In a statement signed by Engr. Kings Adeyemi, the Engineering body singled out Executive Vice Chairman, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, and the entire […]
The European Union (EU) has announced intentions to invest roughly 850 million euros in Nigeria’s digital economy over the next three years as part of its Gateway Initiative. This information was revealed by Her Excellency Margrethe Vestager, the Union’s Executive Vice President, during a working visit to the Honourable Minister […]
The 11-digit NIN was planned to be replaced by the Digital Token or Virtual NIN tokenization for all purposes. This will help to safeguard an individual’s data privacy even more by using an encrypted, coded representation (“disguised”) of the NIN in day-to-day transactions rather than the actual NIN itself. In […]
The National Identity Management Commission has announced that its National Identity Number Verification Service is unavailable due to service provider maintenance. On Saturday, the NIMC published a press statement headlined “NIMC NIN verification service momentarily unavailable.” “The National Identity Management Commission wishes to warn the general public that its NIN […]
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR (NDPB). Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has requested it (Pantami). The NDPB was founded in accordance with international best practices and will focus on data protection and privacy, among other […]
Last October, the government of Nigeria announced the creation of the eNaira, Africa’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC), through the apex monetary authority. The introduction of the new CBDC in Nigeria was expected to improve residents’ and other currency holders’ access to banking and increase remittance inflows. It was […]
Saudi Arabia has announced $6.4 billion in investments in future technologies, according to the Saudi ministry of communication and information technology. The investment, according to Abdullah Alswaha, is part of the kingdom’s effort to diversify its economy away from oil in the face of severe regional competition. As climate change […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) met with stakeholders from the Lagos State Software and Innovation ecosystem to discuss how to strengthen the country’s digital economy by increasing ICT contributions to GDP and promoting indigenous content by patronizing indigenous IT products and services. At the Bon Hotel in Lagos, […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has praised the Kwara State Government for completing the e-Library and Edtech Hub projects. The DG, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, expressed his gratitude to NITDA during the commissioning of the Kwara State e-Library and EdTech Hub, which took place recently in the State Capital, […]
