By Digital infrastructure remains a critical enabler of economic growth, innovation, competitiveness, and national development.
Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, who made this known in the closing keynote panel session at the Datacloud Global Congress 2026 held in Cannes, France, disclosed that there was the need for increased investments in data centres, cloud infrastructure, broadband connectivity, and emerging technologies to unlock Nigeria’s digital economy ambitions and position the country as a leading digital hub in Africa.
Speaking at the event with the subject “The Role of Digital Infrastructure in National Economies”, he emphasized that the National Cloud Policy, promotes cloud adoption across government institutions and prioritises the hosting of government data within Nigeria to strengthen digital sovereignty, improve public service delivery, stimulate.
Speaking on Nigeria’s policy direction, the DG the domestic cloud ecosystem, and deepen trust in digital systems adding that the establishment of a Technical Working Group comprising ecosystem players, industry stakeholders, and hyperscalers to guide Nigeria’s sovereign cloud adoption agenda, develop technical standards, strengthen governance frameworks, and mobilise investments required to accelerate trusted cloud infrastructure development.
He noted that expanding broadband penetration, advancing artificial intelligence development, and deliberate policy implementation remain critical to accelerating innovation, enabling scalable digital services, and driving economic transformation.
Inuwa also showcased Nigeria’s comparative advantages as an emerging digital investment destination, citing the country’s large and youthful population, vibrant innovation ecosystem, resilient entrepreneurial culture, growing digital talent base, and ongoing reforms aimed at creating an enabling environment for digital infrastructure investments.
He reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to fostering strategic partnerships and mobilising investments that accelerate the development of cloud infrastructure, data centres, connectivity, artificial intelligence, and digital public infrastructure to strengthen the country’s position as a globally competitive digital economy.
The Datacloud Global Congress convenes policymakers, investors, hyperscalers, cloud providers, data centre operators, and digital infrastructure stakeholders from around the world to shape the future of global digital infrastructure and investment.
