…Tasks Nigerians on Skills Over Paper Qualifications L-R: The director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, the national coordinator, National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Engr. Y’au Garba, and the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami taking a tour of exhibition booths during the […]
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Isah Ali Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy stated that the federal government will fund technology start-ups through the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority(NSIA) by giving low-interest loans with flexible payback options. He disclosed this when he paid a visit to the Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa […]
In line with the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s drive toward economic diversification and commitment to the development of a robust digital economy, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the National Second Level Domain Policy on February 16, 2022, making the Nigerian Second-Level Domain mandatory for all government-owned websites and official email […]
World Creativity and Innovation Day/Expo 2022 Date: Thursday, 21st April 2022 Theme: Creativity and Innovation: Powering Collaboration for a Sustainable Digital Economy The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) invites the general public to the United Nations’ World Creativity and Innovation Day/Expo 2022. The United Nations (UN) World Creativity and […]
According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country’s broadband penetration was 40.91 per cent in February 2022. TechEconomy.ng’s calculations show a 1.15% decline in broadband penetration when compared to February 2021 when the country reported 42.06%. Also, NCC’s statistics show the broadband penetration slowed by 0.7% as against 41.61% […]
The UNESCO and the African ICT Foundation is set to host the West-Africa Internet Governance Forum 2022 with a titled build around the UNESCO ROAM-X framework for understanding and improving digital governance. The Internet Universality ROAM-X Indicators framework consists of a set of 303 indicators including 109 core ones that […]
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) is collaborating with the Nigeria Digital Identification For Development Project (ID4D) in proactively strategizing ways to develop initiatives that will boost the country’s economy as part of its efforts to make data privacy a cornerstone of a sustainable digital economy in the country. The […]
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has kickstarted efforts in the full implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) of the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR under the supervisory Ministry of Communications and Digital Technology by collaborating with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Google Global Services Nigeria have stated their intention to collaborate in order to further the achievement of lofty national targets for universal broadband connectivity in support of Nigeria’s digital transformation program. This corresponds with and unambiguously expresses the NCC’s strategic vision plan, which focuses […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) wishes to officially inform telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM holders. This information has […]