The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has introduced five new guidelines to foster development of the IT sector in Nigeria. The new guidelines include: The Rule Making Process Regulation of NITDA; The Nigerian Data Protection...
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami, has identified cyber security awareness as one of the key priorities of the agency, stating that awareness could help reduce cyber related losses by up to...
The Acting Director General of The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr Olatunji Vincent has reiterated his sentiment on the commitment of the Nigerian Government that data generated in the country should be hosted within the...
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The Subsidy Reinvestment Programme, SURE-P, has signed a partnership agreement with the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA to train a selected group of youths in the field of software and technology. According to vanguardngr.com, the...
According to Dr Peter Jack, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria’s active internet users currently stands at over 48 million. In a statement issued by NITDA’s Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Hadiza...
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Nigeria’s Minister of Communications Technology Omobola Johnson has expressed concern over what she describes as an imbalance in terms of the application of local content in the development of ICT. At the 2013 eNigeria conference, hosted by the National...
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From Abuja, Nigeria, the Minister of Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson, this week called on members of the newly formed National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to focus on ways for local IT companies to grow. A report posted on...
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Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) raised concern that the majority of Nigerians are not using the Internet for business purposes, as only 6.7-million citizens have ventured online to conduct business – that is just a...
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Professor Cleopas Angaye, has urged ICT stakeholders to support the campaign to involve girls in the ICT profession. Prof. Angaye made the statement ahead of the...
It has been disclosed that the Nigerian Internet community has commenced plans to gather information on the history of the internet in the country. Their aim is to collate an overview of how the internet industry in Nigeria has evolved, with the team...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in Nigeria has renewed its commitment to support the development and growth of Information Technology (IT) in the country. This was disclosed by Director-General, Prof. Cleopas Angaye at an...
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Technology Omobola Johnson has inked a new deal with Cross Rivers state government to increase the state’s information and technology infrastructure as well as create a knowledge city, the ministry said in a press...
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Nigeria’s top information technology body, NITDA, is in the process of developing and building ICT capacity in the country in an effort to improve the IT sector, a statement from the agency said on Monday. According to NITDA, Scan-ICT is a new project...
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), the agency mandated to transform Nigeria into an IT driven economy for global competitiveness is currently working with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in...
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THE National Information Technological Development Agency (NITDA) has generated over N14.5 billion (USD $97million) from its Information Technology Levy. Government imposed a one per cent Profit Before Tax on companies engaged in Information Technology (ICT),...
