The stakeholders during a session at the Lagos Business School
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Stakeholders Begin Review of Nigeria’s Digital Transformation Tool as Inuwa Seeks More Input from Private Sector

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s digital space are reviewing the implementation of  the strategic roadmap and action plan, known as STRAP 2, a document designed to drive digital transformation in Nigeria. Addressing stakeholders during  the SRAP 2.0 Stakeholders’ Engagement at Lagos Business School, Lagos State, the Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, […]

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NITDA Begins Re-skilling of Top MDAs Executives to Support Nigeria’s IPv6 Migration

Executive-level officials of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are being re-skilled to support Nigeria’s transition from Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). According to the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, the shift is essential to help expand digital public services and strengthening the country’s […]

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NITDA Demands Paradigm Shift in Nigeria’s System from Certificates to Capabilities, Innovation

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is demanding a fundamental shift in Nigeria’s education system from an economy that places primary emphasis on academic certificates to one that prioritises practical capabilities, innovation, and the ability to translate knowledge into solutions that drive national development. According to the Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, the […]

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Again, NITDA Takes Bold Step to Strengthen Nigeria’s Woman Capacity as Educators Get Working Tools

Again, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has taken a strategic step to strengthen administrative capacity and promote digital literacy among women educators. The Agency provided high-specification HP OmniBook laptop computers to the National Association of Women in Colleges of Education (WICE). The initiative is part of the agency’s commitment to advancing digital inclusion, […]

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Lagos Students Get AI-Enabled Learning Support as Public-Private Sector Initiative Ends Engagement

A public-private sector education programme designed to help teachers and students understand and leverage Artificial Intelligence for learning, teaching and everyday life is set to bring more knowledge about Artificial Intelligence to students in Lagos. The initiative is from the Hydrogen Payment Services Company Limited in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Basic and […]

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New Horizons’ CEO, Akano Seeks Better Deal for Nigerian Women on AI Skills Acquisition

Tech expert, Mr. Tim Akano and Founder/Chief Executive Officer of New Horizons Nigeria has challenged women entrepreneurs and executives to move beyond using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to building and owning technology companies, platforms and intellectual property that will shape the global economy. According to him, the window for women to secure a meaningful stake in […]

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Africa Tech Alliance Forum Returns for Sixth Edition to Host Africa’s Digital Economy Leaders 

The Africa Tech Alliance Forum, a platform convening policymakers, investors, founders, and technology leaders around Africa’s digital economy future, returns for its sixth edition. AfriTECH 6.0 will be held under the theme “The Next $1 Trillion Opportunity: Building Africa Through Technology”, a theme that frames, with deliberate urgency, the central question the continent can no […]

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Ghanaian AI Professor Seeks Paradigm Shift in Knowledge Acquisition for Africans in AI Age 

The power by Africans to take charge of their opportunity to acquire learning or reskilling through digital access, particularly in the age of Artificial Intelligence may soon be their hands. That is if the call by the President of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), Professor Clement K. Dzidonu, for a fundamental paradigm shift is […]

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Policymakers and Ecosystem Leaders Must Shift from Training to Skills Acquisition, Says NITDA DG

Policymakers and ecosystem leaders need to move beyond counting the number of people trained and focus instead on whether digital skills. Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa made the call during a panel session, “Scaling Africa’s Digital Workforce,” under the Digital Skills and Talent Session of “Nigeria at Scale: Building […]

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Nigeria Chart New Course in Outsourcing as NITDA DG Harps on Paradigm Shift

Nigeria’s competitive advantage must go beyond traditional outsourcing, Director-General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has stated. He made the call on the sideline of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81), as the participated in the “Hire from Nigeria” session organised by the Nigeria Economic and Trade Advancement Programme (NATEP). […]

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