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DataGroup IT Eyes 50% of Storage, Data Management Market
DataGroup IT, a company specialized in the distribution of leading-edge IT products in the African market, said it targets over 50% market share of Storage and data management market in Nigeria and Africa in general within the next three years.
DataGroup IT (DGIT), a leading IT Distributor in Africa specializes in 2 major segments, IT security and Data management has recently signed a Pan African distribution agreement with HITACHI, the world leading manufacturer for storage and data management solutions.
Speaking to Nigeria Communications Week at the Company’s Annual Partners’ Conference held in Lagos Mr. David Dan, vice president, Business Development, DataGroup IT, said that 50% market share is achievable with enterprise solutions products developed by HITACHI Data Solutions (HDS).
“We are talking about 50% of the market share in this arena. We see HDS as seamless in data management and a major player in this arena. Looking at general IT and data organic growth, storage is something I would say is at the core of IT data management and technology.
Whether in TELCO, Finance, O&G or Government, businesses and service provided are becoming more and more dependent on their IT to launch more and better services, becoming more agile, secured, and efficient in simple words competitive in the segment they operate in.
A solid secured IT environment will allow enterprises or the people that we serve to better address their market needs/capture more audience, develop their services and to make the organizations successful and profitable.
Further more, said Dan,” beyond providing our customers with the best of breed Data Management technologies and solution such as HDS and Commvault, DGIT focus in IT Security as one of our major product line. We See IT Security to play a significant role in the Nigerian IT market and actually all over Africa as it allows our customers to keep their most important asset – The DATA, safe, secured and un-touched by hostile parties from inside the organization as well as from the outside. Furthermore compliance and regulations requirements are critical for organization’s business continuity and best practice and IT security is one of the major challenges in order to keep one’s IT environment in line with local and international regulations.
Our IT security Product portfolio is built from no less than 20 world leading IT security manufacturers such as: Check Point, HP ESP, IMPERVA, SAFENET, ENTRUST, CyberArk, FireEye and many more, allowing our customers to fulfill any requirement or address any challenge they face in protecting their IT Environment and their valuable data.
If you are a bank and you are breached, of course, your customers will move to the next bank. We are not talking about theft of money or account overtaking another, we are talking about reputation, reliability, privacy and in one word – Security!
“How can you recover the reputation of a bank that has been breached? Or a TELCO that his “pre-paid” Mobile vouchers are breached and abused by a breach? Even with a zero amount taken, some of your customers’ confidential data stolen, how can you still be called a reliable bank? It is just like someone entering into the safe or vault of a bank in those days.
Commenting on the Company’s focus on West/East Africa, Dan added that, they basically focus on territories that are discovered to possessing an established and developing IT market with growth potentials in terms of services, business needs and IT security challenges. We focus on territories in which the markets are ready and ripe for IT solutions.
As per today, our main markets are; Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameron. We have identified that in these countries the drive for IT and the investments are there. Industries like in the financial services, telecos are the leading in those areas”.
While analyzing enterprises solutions business trends in 2013, the Vice President maintained that DataGroup IT has kept faith with IT security solutions for the existing customers.
“We mostly work in the enterprise domain like in financial industry, telecos, government, etc., because we have seen the needs and increased demand for IT security solutions to address different kinds of market trends. As mentioned earlier, some of the trends are compliance oriented or risk management while others are driven by regulation such as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy that mandates deployment of solutions for authentication/encryption/PCI DSS, ISO 2xxx and other obligations. So we are helping financial institutions and many other sectors to be in compliance with the requirements and also meet international best practices”.
According to Dan, majority of the incidences happen on daily basis. In most occasions people do not get to know these breaches, because organizations do not want to be observed as organization that has been hacked or alternatively many organizations do not poses yet the right product/solutions to protect themselves and identify the breaches or attempt of breaches.
Over 86% of the breaches will require 3rd party solutions/technologies to identify, protect and remediate the Security breaches and also proper policies and governance capabilities are to be placed in order to keep the organizations secured at all times – Security is one of the most dynamic markets out there and cybercrime is one of the major challenges to address as it literally changes on a daily basis. In the next 3 years, CYBER CRIME industry will grow word wide to 86B$ which reflects a huge chunk of the IT industry growth engines.
In Summary said Dan “Data Management is a key component for any Organization to run its business and services while IT security challenges are a MUST TO HAVE in order to protect the organization most valuable asset – the DATA and allowing business continuity and risk management at all times. We at DGIT specialize in these two domains and see ourselves as the leading Value Added Distributor in the African market.
Our commitment to our customers and manufacturers is well reflected in our huge install base across Africa and unmatched Product portfolio. We enjoy our partners, customers and manufacturers’ trust and we will keep fulfilling our investment and justify this trust in Nigerian market and all over Africa. We will keep bringing the cutting edge technologies and solutions to our target market and focus on our client’s major need – their BUSINESSS success.
Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of Interior, has announced the launch of an Online Visa Approval Center to eliminate bureaucratic bottlenecks and reduce corruption in the visa application process.
Commissioned by the President in December, the new system ensures that applicants no longer need to visit a visa office, know anyone in the system, or lobby for approvals.
At a stakeholders’ sensitisation workshop on the implementation of the Nigeria Visa Policy (NVP) 2025, yesterday in Abuja, Dr. Tunji-Ojo said the visa is considered a very important document by the government because it is an instrument of migration management and an instrument of economic development.
The minister explained that Nigeria has to strike a delicate balance between national security and, of course, the ease of migration.
“And we think that it’s something that we can do and something we will do.
“We don’t have a physical Visa Approval Center. If you apply for a Nigerian visa anywhere in the world, you do so online. We process it here in Nigeria, and if approved, you receive your e-visa in your email,” he explained.
To enhance efficiency, the government has set a 48-hour deadline for processing e-visas.
“It is unprofessional and unacceptable for the Nigeria Immigration Service not to approve or provide feedback within 48 hours,” the minister stated.
“It breaks my heart that people need to lobby to even get visas to Nigeria. It shouldn’t be so. It shouldn’t be.
“For anybody that is qualified, for anybody that wants to do legitimate activities in Nigeria, such people should be able to come to Nigeria easily. And this is why we are opening our space. Mr. President is interested in foreign direct investments.”
Further, he said Nigeria is interested in partnering with the rest of the world to develop its economy but, “We can’t do that when we allow bottlenecks to hold us down. So these reforms, basically, are aimed at opening our space, enhancing national security, and we hope that the primary responsibilities of the visa scheme will be achieved.”
Kemi Nandap, controller general, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), said the NIS would fully digitize its e-visa platform and reduce visa classifications from 79 to 44 to enhance accessibility, transparency, and efficiency in the new visa policy.
She said, “At the core of this policy is the new e-visa platform—a fully digitized, centralized system that revolutionizes how foreign nationals interact with our country’s entry procedures. As part of this transformation, the Nigerian Visa Policy 2024 underwent a comprehensive review, resulting in a significant reduction in visa classifications from 79 to 44.
“These categories have been logically grouped to simplify procedures, reduce complexities, and greatly improve the user experience. Importantly, we have maintained the original purpose and intent of each visa class throughout this reform.”
Mr. Takao Shimokawa, director general, Economic Development Department at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has visited the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) to discuss the forthcoming launch of the Nigeria-Japan Startup Hub Project.
Mr. Dejo Olawunmi, director of IT Infrastructure Solutions at NITDA and Mr. Takao Shimokawa, director general, Economic Development Department at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
This is in a strategic move to strengthen Nigeria’s startup ecosystem.
During his visit, Mr. Shimokawa was received by Mr. Dejo Olawunmi, director of IT Infrastructure Solutions at NITDA.
Their discussions focused on advancing technological innovation, fostering entrepreneurship, and enhancing venture capital development to support early-stage startups in Nigeria.
The Nigeria-Japan Startup Hub Project is designed to provide Nigerian startups with access to Japanese expertise, mentorship, and investment opportunities.
The initiative aims to create a collaborative environment where local entrepreneurs can scale their businesses by leveraging Japan’s advanced technology and business models.
By bridging Nigerian startups with Japanese investors and industry leaders, the project seeks to drive sustainable growth and innovation in Nigeria’s tech industry.
This partnership underscores the increasing economic and technological cooperation between the two nations, positioning Nigeria as a key player in the global startup landscape.
With the hub set to launch soon, stakeholders anticipate that it will provide critical resources for startups, enabling them to compete in the global market and contribute to Nigeria’s digital economy.
Kaspersky has identified and helped patch a sophisticated zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome (CVE-2025-2783) that allowed attackers to bypass the browser’s sandbox protection system.
The exploit, discovered by Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), required no user interaction beyond clicking a malicious link and demonstrated exceptional technical complexity. Kaspersky researchers have been acknowledged by Google for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.
In mid-March 2025, Kaspersky detected a wave of infections triggered when users clicked personalised phishing links delivered via email. After clicking, no additional action was needed to compromise their systems.
Once Kaspersky’s analysis confirmed that the exploit leveraged a previously unknown vulnerability in the latest version of Google Chrome, Kaspersky swiftly alerted Google’s security team. A security patch for the vulnerability was released on March 25, 2025.
Kaspersky researchers dubbed the campaign “Operation ForumTroll”, as attackers sent personalised phishing emails inviting recipients to the “Primakov Readings” forum. These lures targeted media outlets, educational institutions, and government organisations in Russia.
The malicious links were extremely short-lived to evade detection, and in most cases ultimately redirected to the legitimate website for “Primakov Readings” once the exploit was taken down.
The zero-day vulnerability in Chrome was only part of a chain that included at least two exploits: a still-unobtained remote code execution (RCE) exploit that apparently launched the attack, while the sandbox escape discovered by Kaspersky constituted the second stage. Analysis of the malware’s functionality suggests the operation was designed primarily for espionage. All evidence points to an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group.
“This vulnerability stands out among the dozens of zero-days we’ve discovered over the years,” said Boris Larin, principal security researcher at Kaspersky GReAT. “The exploit bypassed Chrome’s sandbox protection without performing any obviously malicious operations – it’s as if the security boundary simply didn’t exist.
The technical sophistication displayed here indicates development by highly skilled actors with substantial resources. We strongly advise all users to update their Google Chrome and any Chromium-based browser to the latest version to protect against this vulnerability.”
Google has credited Kaspersky for uncovering and reporting the issue, reflecting the company’s ongoing commitment to collaboration with the global cybersecurity community and ensuring user safety.
Kaspersky continues to investigate Operation ForumTroll. Further details, including a technical analysis of the exploits and malicious payload, will be released in a forthcoming report once Google Chrome user security is assured.
Meanwhile, all Kaspersky products detect and protect against this exploit chain and associated malware, ensuring users are shielded from the threat.
This discovery follows Kaspersky GReAT’s previous identification of another Chrome zero-day (CVE-2024-4947), which was exploited last year by the Lazarus APT group in a cryptocurrency theft campaign.
In that case, Kaspersky researchers found a type confusion bug in Google’s V8 JavaScript engine that enabled attackers to bypass security features through a fake cryptogame website.
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