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FG has localised 90% data assets hosted abroad – NITDA

Umar Suleiman
FG has localised 90% data assets hosted abroad – NITDA

FG has localised 90% data assets hosted abroad – NITDA     More than 90 per cent of Federal Government’s data hosted externally have now been repatriated to Nigeria. This disclosure was made by Kashifu Abdullahi, the director general of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) while delivering his paper on ‘Data localisation and its benefits to the Nigerian Economy’ at Laurr3cloud webinar series themed ‘The Future of African Cloud’. Represented by Aminu Lawal, his special assistant on digital transformation, Abdullahi said substantial data assets belonging to major Ministries, Departments…

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NITDA to work with space engineers on Nigeria’s digital transformation

Omobayo Azeez
NITDA to work with space engineers on Nigeria's digital transformation

NITDA to work with space engineers on Nigeria’s digital transformation   The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has promised to work with space engineers to unlock opportunities in space technology ecosystem to improve technology transformation in Nigeria. Kashifu Abudullahi, the director general, of NITDA, emphasised that to achieve digital transformation in Nigeria, there is need to efficiently use the vast opportunities embedded in the space technology ecosystem. Abdullahi said this yesterday at the Corporate Headquarters of the agency when he met with delegates from the Nigerian Institute of Space…

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Nigeria pushes youth-led agendas as GITEX 2020 begins

Banjo Olaniran

Nigeria will join more than 80 other countries in participating at the 40th edition of the GITEX Technology Week holding from the 6th–10th December 2020. Nigeria’s participation in GITEX 2020 is anchored on promoting youth-led enterprises to showcase innovations coming from its tech startups community, and the country’s strong policy-thrust on digital economy. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is the agency that leads this move and had offered full sponsorship to a number of startups across the country to participate in the Global Future Stars (GFS), a major…

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Minister inaugurates more digital economy projects by NCC, USPF, NITDA

Omobayo Azeez
Broadband penetration

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has commissioned more projects executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) towards advancing the digital economy vision of the government. The projects include the NCC’s Emergency Communications Centre ((ECC), Ado –Ekiti; the Digital Awareness Programme (DAP) for Secondary Schools, whose beneficiaries are Methodist Girls’ High School, Yaba, Lagos State and Bishop Okoye Girls’ Secondary School, Ukpor, Anambra State; as well as the School Knowledge Center (SKC) at Ijaloke Grammar School, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, executed by…

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NITDA inaugurates Local Organising Committee for e-Nigeria 2020

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NITDA inuagurates Local Organising Committee for e-Nigeria

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated the Local Organising Committee, (LOC) for the 13th edition of the e-Nigeria Conference, Exhibitions and Awards, the flagship IT event in the country. The international IT conference, which is scheduled to hold from November 24-26 this year, provides platform for creation of digital awareness, development of appropriate framework and setting of goals to ensure best practices in order to encourage appropriate positioning of Nigeria in the global information society. Inaugurating the committee at the NITDA head office in Abuja, Kashifu Inuwa,…

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One Year of Kashifu at NITDA

Banjo Olaniran
Inuwa, Kashifu

By Adamu Usman Garko Leadership is about responsibility. Those who instill hope into our minds and hearts are true heroes and deserve encomium. Conversely, leadership is also a burden. This burden had been bestowed upon Mr. Kashifu Inuwa by the Pacemaker of IT and Digital Economy in Nigeria, Dr. Isa Ali Pantami and indeed he is a round peg in the round hole of NITDA. A year had ticked and results cleared as daylight had attested to the competence of Kashifu; a trait which we presume Pantami saw prior to…

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Kashif Inuwa Abdullahi: Nigeria’s ICT Troubleshooter

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By Mohammed Saleh Manzo When it comes to card game, the best is selected. As the cliché goes, “If you want to go fast go alone. But if you want to go far go together.” Mallam Kashif Inuwa Abdullahi (CCIE) – the Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is a hard-nosed technocrat. A young man full of positive youthful exuberance. He is the J.F. Kennedy of our time; he leads effortlessly. His encompassing quality of leadership makes NITDA work in unison. He carries everyone along. He is a…

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NITDA’s Boss Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi: 365 Days After

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Inuwa, Kashifu

Around 6:20pm on 20thAugust,2019, a breaking news was scrolling on the screens of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA)- Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has been appointed as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The buzz in IT circles was who is this young man to fit into the massive shoes of Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, his predecessor who was also announced as Minister of Communications on the same day? 365 days after, the facts are now speaking…

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One Year At Nitda; Kashifu As A Vindication Of Youth Execellence In Governance

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Capital flight NITDA DG

By Hashim Suleiman Let me refer to my September 16, 2019 article tagged ‘Pantami, Kashifu and the beauty of vision” where I had identified Kashifu Inuwa as an individual who had understood clearly the vision of Dr Isa Ali Pantami and had equally chosen to fly with it to fruition. It is also a practical knowledge that people could actually be good carriers of vision and supportive but may not make good leaders, however, Mr Kashifu has today proven to be good in both fronts having stayed a year in…

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