Nigeria’s Postmaster General Dr Ismail Adebayo Adewusi, has signed a partnership agreement with operators of eGate and Visa to facilitate digital financial services, issuing of payment cards and support financial inclusion across Nigeria. The initiative targets about 38 million adult Nigerians who are completely financially excluded. Adewusi who revealed this […]
Digital Economy
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Pantami, has stressed the importance of regulation on the influence and control of information technology giants in the internet space, saying that transparency by social media platforms was key to ensuring the safety of the citizens in cyberspace. The remarks […]
Almost everyone looks forward to the future. It holds a promise, the premise of something better, bigger and immeasurably more exciting. Experts insist that with the pervasiveness of digital technologies today, it will undoubtedly be a humongous part of the future. A future that is already here. The Digivation Digital […]
Foreign investors seeking collaborations with the Federal Government in the Digital Economy sector have continued to pay attention to Nigeria’s current leadership. On Thursday, November 4, 2021, the People’s Republic of China indicated interest in long-term relationships and collaborations with the Nigerian Digital Economy industry. On an official visit […]
A tech enthusiast and pioneer promoter of the digital economy, Dr. Bayero Agabi has advised Nigerian youths to shun all forms of illegitimate internet scams and embrace digital innovations, stressing that there is lot of money to be made legitimately leveraging the Internet. Dr. Bayero gave the advice while […]
The integration of digital technology in agricultural value chain has been identified as a major stimulus that would help the county combat the challenges of hunger that may arise as a result of increased in the world’s population which is projected to have risen to 10 billion people by 2050. […]
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), says regulating indigenous content development and adoption is one of the key bedrocks that is transforming Nigeria’s economy, as well as putting the country on the right path to achieving a digital economy. Abdullahi made this assertion […]
Story By Uwa Suleiman In furtherance of the implementation of the Digital Economy Strategy, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) Thursday 23rd July, virtually commissioned a number of projects aimed at giving impetus to the Digital Economy drive. Special Guests of Honour, Honourable […]
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has created a Digital Economy Department, in continuation of its renewed strategy and vigour for effective delivery of its regulatory mandate, the department is principally responsible for implementing programmes and policies aimed at fully supporting and promoting the national digital economy agenda of the Federal Government. […]
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has explained that the new Strategic Management Plan (SMP) 2020-2024 by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will be a pedestal to drive the implementation of the Federal Government’s digital economy vision. The Honourable Minister stated this during […]