The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has advocated for the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into architectural design to boost efficiency and effectiveness in Nigeria’s security sector. This, he said, can be achieved through collaboration between the security industry and the startup ecosystem …
Read More »Pantami Inaugurates Committee to Implement Nigeria Startup Act 2023
In fostering the growth of digital innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country and consolidating the achievements made by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, the Federal Government has inaugurated a 27 member committee to implement the Nigeria Startup Act 2023 (NSA) The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, …
Read More »ISACA Awards DG NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has received the prestigious ISACA Inspirational Leadership Award; the highest Awards presented by ISACA for distinguished service, exemplary achievements and contributions to advancing technology worldwide. Inuwa is the only one from across the world that was given the …
Read More »Nigeria’s Digital Literacy Gap will Bridge Global Talent Gap – NITDA DG
Kashifu Inuwa, director-general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to Digital Literacy which he says will in the long run bridge the global talent gap in the information Communications Technology (ICT) sector and place the country among technology driven Nations. Inuwa said this as …
Read More »Presidency Confers National Merit Award on NITDA
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been conferred the prestigious “National Productivity Order of Merit Award (NPOM)” of recognition of the Agency’s high productivity, hard work and excellence in service delivery. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR who chaired the Award Ceremony held …
Read More »Pantami, Danbatta, Abdullahi to Lead Dialogue as Telecoms Policy Forum Holds Thursday August 12
All is set for stakeholders in the Nigerian telecoms and ICT sector to converge and deliberate on a key indigenous content policy at the forthcoming maiden edition of Policy Implementation Assisted Forum (PIAFO-001) slated for Thursday, August 12, 2021. As the forum focuses on the recently launched National Policy for …
Read More »NITDA DG Advocates for Digital Tools Affordability, Urges AFRIONE on Smart Devices Price Reduction
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has urged the smart device manufacturing and assembling company, Afrione to crash prices for more affordable devices. He made the demand during a visit to Afrione corporate head office on Thursday in Lagos state. Abdullahi said …
Read More »20th Anniversary: NITDA Initiatives has Impacted Over 2.5 million Nigerians – DG
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has revealed that over 2.5m Nigerians have been positively impacted directly or indirectly through the agency’s initiatives such as its interventions and training. He made this assertion in his opening remark at the agency’s 20th anniversary …
Read More »Digital Economy is Nigeria’s Fastest Growing Economy – NITDA DG
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has argued that the digital economy being championed by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, is today the fastest growing economy in Nigeria and indeed the world. The NITDA DG, who made this assertion in a speech …
Read More »NIN: NITDA Provides ICT Centre to Decongest NIMC Offices
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has provided an ICT centre to address the overcrowded Jigawa National Identify Card Management Centre (NIMC) in the state. The overcrowding which followed a directive by the Federal government for the nationwide Sim card registration …
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