Nigeria and China on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, has signed three memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for new projects valued at $2 billion. The MoU was between China and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and new Chinese partners The three Chinese companies that […]
Read MoreThe emergence of smart cities and special economic zones, coupled with government incentives, has created fertile ground for the data centre industry. Notable African projects include South Africa’s African Coastal Smart City and the planned Lanseria Smart City initiative, as well as Nigeria’s Eko Atlantic City, Vision City in Rwanda, Konza Techno City in Kenya […]
Read MoreSchneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has launched an industry-first guide to address new physical infrastructure design challenges for data centers to support the shift in artificial intelligence (AI)-driven workloads, setting the gold standard for AI-optimized data center design. Titled “The AI Disruption: Challenges and Guidance for Data […]
Read MoreMedallion Data Centres Limited, Nigeria’s carrier-neutral data center operator, is set to launch its second data center, known as “LOS2,” in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. This state-of-the-art facility is set to commence its services on October 24th, offering an additional one-megawatt IT capacity to its clients. Situated on Medallion’s Victoria Island campus, LOS2 will be seamlessly […]
Read More“When it comes to IoT, the data centre is essentially the workhorse of this environment – effectively, we are breaking the data centre space down into smaller pieces to bring the processing closer to the consumer, which is how core data centres and edge computing fit into the IoT space.” This is according to Jon […]
Read MoreTwo apps, the digital literacy mobile App and Omeife AI App have been introduced into Nigeria as per of the plans of stakeholders in the nation’s digital space to speed-up digital literacy in the county. National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the UNICCON Group launched the apps in Abuja, the Nigerian capital city. The […]
Read MoreNigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has initiated bilateral cooperation on data privacy and protection with the Office of the Information Commissioner, United Kingdom. At its Study Visit to the OIC located in London and Wilmslow, UK the NDPC team led by its National Commissioner, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, gained insight into the workings of a full-fledged […]
Read MoreSchneider Electric has released no less than six out of the nine university groups competing in this year’s regional Middle East and Africa finals of its Go Green competition were from the Anglophone Africa region. The six finalist groups from the respective Anglophone Africa countries were: Nigeria – Ina Vibe who entered a solar-powered, insulated […]
Read MoreThe National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line with its mandate, has rolled out activities for the celebration of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Last years, the agency trained 3242 on basic and intermediate cyber security skills in partnership with CISCO. The Cybersecurity Awareness Month held every October, is a month set aside globally […]
Read MoreThe National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its subsidiary, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), in partnership with the Innovation Support Network (ISN), is hosting the NITDA Digital Nigeria Hackathon 2023. The Digital Nigeria International Conference and Exhibition is the flagship awareness programme in the Digital Economy sector. This year’s event with the […]
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