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NITDA, GetBundi to equip corps members, 5,000 others with digital skills
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in collaboration with GetBundi Educatioy, has concluded plans to train selected members of the National Youth Service Corps on digital literacy. “Additionally, 5,000 youths from the creative industry will also participate in the training, designed to make the beneficiaries Digital Literacy Champions,” the Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Abdullahi, has said. Abdullahi, who…
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NITDA inaugurates 9-member c’ttee for Start-up Act Implementation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated a nine-member Start-up Labeling Committee to ensure the implementation of the Nigeria Start-up Act (NSA). Malam Kashifu Inuwa, its Director-General of NITDA, inaugurated the committee on Friday in Abuja. A statement issued by Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head Corporate Affairs and External Relations of the agency, said the committee comprised of representatives…
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economy
Cyber security levy: NASME, other stakeholders express divergent opinions
National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) and other stakeholders have expressed divergent opinions on the imposition of cyber security levy by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). They expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday. In his own opinion, Chairman of NASME in Oyo State, Prince John Karunwi, the…
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Technology
AI workshop ‘II attract 120 experts across the world – Minister
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, says the upcoming National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy Workshop will attract 120 experts across the world. TIjani said this in a statement signed by his Aide on Media and Communications, Isime Esene, in Abuja on Wednesday. According to him, the 3-day workshop is scheduled to take place in Abuja…
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Technology
Nigeria can achieve SDGs with AI – Expert
An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Oluwafemi Osho, says the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) can aid in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda of 2030 in Nigeria. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, Osho said that AI dates back to 1950, with the Turing Test, or imitation…
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Tech
NITDA seeks stakeholders’ collaboration to develop indigenous technologies
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on Tuesday sought stakeholders’ collaboration to develop indigenous technologies by leveraging the Nigeria Startup Act 2022. Its Director-General, Mr. Kashifu Inuwa, made the call at the graduation of 13 founders from its 2023 Startup Accelerator Programme in collaboration with the Founder Institute in Abuja. Inuwa said that the Nigeria Startup Act of 2022…
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NEWS
VON, NITDA rekindle partnership in telling Nigeria’s stories
The Voice of Nigeria (VON) and. the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have rekindled their partnership in telling Nigerian and African stories to the world. The Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, disclosed this on Friday when he led his management team on a courtesy visit to NITDA headquarters in Abuja. According to Ndace, whatever the…
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Digital Innovation: NITDA to hold Hackathon challenge
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), says it will organize editions of its national Hackathon challenge in three states. The three states are Adamawa, Oyo and Cross River. Mrs. Hadiza Umar, Head, the Corporate Affairs and External Relations of the agency, who made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the gesture was to drive digital…
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SON moves to checkmate cybercrimes with ISO 27001 ISMS certification
The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) has unveiled plans to checkmate cyber crimes with its ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems Courses (ISMS) certification. The certification is aimed at standardizing the nation’s Information Technology (IT) sector. Director-General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim, made this known in a report generated from the agency’s certification validation exercise made available to newsmen on Friday…
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NITDA invites PLWDs from South South for digital skills training
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has invited Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) from the South-South for a five-day training on digital skills and entrepreneurship. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Corporate Affairs and External Relations Head, Mrs. Hadiza Umar, on Wednesday in Abuja. Umar said the training was in line with the actualization of the…
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ICT: Commission partners NITDA to train 10,000 persons of concern
Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internal Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) says the agency has concluded plan with NITDA to train 10,000 persons of concern on ICT to enhance their livelihood. Sulaiman-Ibrahim disclosed this when Humanitarian Journalists, led by their Team Leaf, Rahila Lassa of Voice of Nigeria paid her a courtesy visit on Monday, in…
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NITDA, Baze varsity to collaborate on innovation, entrepreneurship
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it will collaborate with Baze University in its efforts to implement its Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2021-2024). The Director-General of NITDA, Mr Kashifu Inuwa, said this on Tuesday, during Baze university’s first Information Technology, Research, and Innovation week’ in Abuja He said that the collaboration was necessary to position Nigeria…
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NEWS
Tech Ecosystem Dialogue: NITDA reiterates engaging stakeholders in policies’ development
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reiterated that the agency would sustain engagements with ICT stakeholders to ensure growth and creation of jobs in the sector. The Director-General, Mr. Kashifu Inuwa made the commitment at the Technology Ecosystem Dialogue (TED) series organized by Young Innovators Nigeria (YIN) in collaboration with Nigeria Incubators and Innovators’ Network (NIINE) in…
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Technology
NITDA, Judicial Institute to deploy IT skills for efficient social justice
Mr. Kashifu Inuwa, Director- General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), says deployment of IT skills will help in curbing corruption and improving efficiency in the judicial system. Inuwa said this on Friday in Abuja when he received in audience the Administrator of National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Salisu Garba, and his team. According to him, it is necessary to…
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Technology
NITDA alerts Apple users of spyware
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has alerted Apple devices users of a spyware “Pegasus” that affects the products. Mrs Hadiza Umar, the Head, Cooperate Affairs and External Relations of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said this on Wednesday in a statement issued in Abuja. Umar said that the released security updates for a newly discovered zero-day vulnerability…
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News
NITDA alerts Nigerians on new Whatsapp terms of service
The National Information Technology Development Agency has advised Nigerians on how to avoid being victims of digital colonialism. This advice was contained is a statement on Monday titled ‘Whatsapp privacy policy changes: Implication for Nigerian users’ signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs and External Relations at NIDTA, Mrs Hadiza Umar. The statement read, “The National Information Technology Development Agency…
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Opinion
Pantami: The Alternative Conversation
The story of Anna, the Egbado Little Girl, and our lack of progress as a people If some public affairs commentators and their partisan associates have their way, the next head to be placed in the hangman’s noose is that of Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who is better known as Sheikh Pantami. In his previous public office as Director…
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