E-Business
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.
E-Business
Farmers to Get Identity Card for Loans, Inputs

The federal government, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is building a digital registrar that will identify farmers, their farmlands, type of soil and the crops they grow for targeted services.
The information and the National Identification Number (NIN) will be integrated into a multipurpose identity card that farmers can use to access financial services, inputs and other forms of government assistance.
The digitisation is expected to harmonise farmers’ data across all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Speaking at the national launch of the Policy Dialogue Initiative on the National Digital Farmers Registry (NDFR) recently in Abuja, Dr Marcus Ogunbiyi, permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), said the new system would address the issue of portfolio farmers, whom he described as “farmers who have no farm.”
“We are going to register farmers and their farms. Not only that, farmers and the type of crop they grow, farmers and the locality they are, the type of soil they have on their farms. There is no farm that will not have a farmer. But there are many farmers who do not have farms. This is an encompassing package.
“When we register these farmers, we are going to provide a physical and digital card for them. With the card, many things can be done by the farmers. It can be used as a means of identification, an asset to some gateway – just anything. It is going to have a handshake with the database of the country, such that with that particular card, the farmer can enter any place and get things done. He or she can redeem inputs and even get a loan, depending on the financial entity,” Ogunbiyi explained.
He said that to accomplish this, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has taken decisive steps to transform their approach to farmer data management, adding, “Chief among these is our strategic partnership with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to implement a far-reaching farmer registration and database project. At the heart of this initiative is the integration of the NIN, which ensures that every Nigerian farmer is uniquely identified and seamlessly integrated into a national agricultural system.”
Mrs Dede Ahoefa Ekoue, country director/representative of the IFAD in Nigeria, said the United Nations (UN) organisation was proud to be part of the initiative on the National Digital Farmer Registry in Nigeria.
“Our role is to convene all the partners, development partners from the public sector, private sector and the international community to put our resources together to support the effort of the government in establishing and enabling a digital farmer registry for the country,” she said.
Mrs Ekoue said that although there were previous efforts to have a national database of farmers, it had the issues of fragmentation and sustainability.
“The government is now providing us with a sense of direction and matching orders to all the actors to work together. This is what we are doing today with several partners, including the African Development Bank, FAO, the World Bank, the EU, the Islamic Development Bank and UK. Also, what is very key is farmers’ organisations because it is about them, it is for them, it must be with them,” she added.
The country director said the IFAD was happy to bring together the private sector and different ministries, departments and agencies, adding, “It will be a game changer for having a strong, updated and sustainable national digital farmer registry.”
Dr Lekan Tobe, the country director of Heifer International in Nigeria, in his remarks at the official launch of the Policy Dialogue Initiative on the National Digital Farmer Registry, emphasised the critical role of partnership and data in transforming Nigeria’s agricultural sector.
He said that this initiative, born from recommendations of previous policy dialogues organised in collaboration with the federal government, aimed to scale up innovative digital technology to enhance food systems across the country.
E-Business
Dyna.Ai Launches Operations in Nigeria

Dyna.Ai, a global leader in AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS), has launched its operations in Nigeria with an exclusive closed-door ‘Nigeria Dyna Day’ event in Lagos, which saw the introduction and orientation of its suite of AI-powered products and solutions to Nigeria’s emerging financial ecosystem.
The event, tagged ‘Nigeria Dyna Day’ and themed “AI Unleashed: Revolutionising Nigeria’s Financial Future,” brought together leading voices from the country’s AI, financial, fintech, telecom, and other key sectors, including representatives from government agencies and major enterprises.
In his opening remarks, Tomas Skoumal, chairman and co-president of Dyna.Ai, emphasized the strategic importance of Nigeria and the broader African market, stating, “For us, it makes sense to start in Nigeria.
There is no bigger country in Africa—this is where the momentum is.” He noted that Africa is no longer just “the future,” but is actively transforming today, driven by rapid digitalization and fintech innovation.
“This is the perfect time to be here,” he added, highlighting that Dyna.Ai sees technology as a vital bridge to financial inclusion and long-term growth across the region.
Skoumal introduced Dyna.Ai’s advanced Agentic AI solutions, including its proprietary Agent Studio and industry-specific language models, designed to power intelligent automation across customer service, marketing, collections, HR and more.
He also underscored the company’s long-term ambition to invest in local talent, stating, “We’re not just here to sell a product—we’re here to build infrastructure, create local jobs, and scale innovation from Nigeria to the rest of Africa.”
Dyna.Ai also showcased its advanced AI technologies at the event, including AvatarGPT, an AI digital human delivering interactive experiences; VoiceGPT, a voice agent featuring authentic local accents for seamless communication in Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo; along with live demonstrations showing how these innovations empower customer engagement and employee experience.
Delivering the keynote address at the event, Tokoni Peter Igoin, Special Assistant to the President on ICT Development and Digital Innovation, underscored the Federal Government’s vision for a secure and forward-thinking digital ecosystem.
“The government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, under the visionary leadership of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is fully committed to responsible innovation. Our approach to AI and financial technology is rooted in a positive framework. It encourages creativity while ensuring transparency, data protection, and digital security”, he said
Also in his remarks, Olatunbosun Alake, Lagos State Commissioner of Innovation, Science and Technology, gave insights from the government/regulatory perspective.
He announced that the Lagos State government is also taking steps towards the wide adoption and regulation of artificial intelligence in the state with the planned release of the first AI guidelines for the deployment and management of AI in the coming weeks.
E-Business
Survey Reveals Marketing Leaders See Strong Potential in gTLDS Despite Knowledge Gap

A new global survey from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) reveals that 52% of marketing leaders believe generic top-level domains (gTLDs – the three characters or more that come after the dot in a URL) have strong potential for enhancing brand presence online; however, a knowledge gap is preventing many brands from taking advantage of the opportunities that a gTLD can bring.
The research surveyed over 2,000 marketing leaders across eight countries (Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa, U.K., and U.S.) with the purpose of creating a picture of the evolving digital marketing landscape and understanding the levels of awareness around gTLDs.
It comes as ICANN prepares to open the next application window for new gTLDs in April 2026 the New gTLD Program: Next Round – the first opportunity in more than a decade for organizations to apply to operate their own gTLD.
Top-level domains are the letters found at the end of an Internet address (with gTLDs including .charity, .menu, .paris and .ceo). Brands can apply to run their own gTLD as a way to indicate the purpose of their organization or to clearly mark a website as being related to their brand.
The research shows that increasing brand awareness and visibility is the top priority for marketing leaders (54%) and that over half believe that gTLDs have strong potential for enhancing brand presence online.
However, the research also shows that almost a third (32%) of marketing leaders surveyed are unfamiliar with gTLDs, which suggests that operating a new gTLD may be a strategic opportunity that many organizations are currently overlooking.
Key findings from the research include:
- After defining a gTLD, 92% of marketing leaders responded that they could see the potential benefits to gTLDs, with enhanced brand differentiation (46%), improved customer trust (45%), better control over online presence (44%), and improved SEO (44%) topping the list.
- 19% of marketing leaders work for organizations that have previously applied for a gTLD.
- Cost concerns (31%), knowledge gaps (27%), and insufficient resources (24%) were identified as the main barriers to application.
- The research revealed notable regional variations, with Nigerian (74%) and Indian (61%) marketing leaders showing the strongest belief in gTLDs’ potential for branding and online presence. In contrast, marketers in China expressed more mixed views, with 50% seeing strong potential but 49% considering gTLDs an unnecessary investment with unclear Return On Investment.
The findings come at a time when marketing leaders are facing significant challenges in standing out from competitors (53%), attracting and engaging the right audience (52%), and keeping pace with digital trends (47%).
A new gTLD can be an innovative tool for commerce and communication. They allow businesses in specific countries, sectors, or niche markets to create an exclusive, descriptive, and memorable label on the Internet.
An entity operating a gTLD can provide its users and customers with an extra measure of confidence in its security and legitimacy online. This can be valuable in today’s environment, where users often don’t know whether they can trust the source on the Internet.
Theresa Swinehart, SVP, Global Domains & Strategy said: “The New gTLD Program: Next Round presents an opportunity for businesses, communities, governments, and others to apply to operate their own secure space online, tailored to fit their organization, community, culture, language, and customer interests.
Now is also the moment for brands to consider applying for a gTLD, and this research tells us there is still a lack of awareness. ICANN can help provide information and raise awareness of the Next Round and the opportunity it presents for global communities, organizations, and businesses, including brands.”
To help address the knowledge gap, ICANN is developing resources to help organizations understand the application process and potential opportunities for gTLDs ahead of the 2026 application window. ICANN also offers the Applicant Support Program (ASP), which provides financial and non-financial assistance to eligible applicants.
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