29 results
- 24 Feb 2021
NAVSA: Creating A Viable Smart Agriculture For Nigerian Farmers
By Mubarak Umar One of the major challenges facing Nigeria’s agricultural practices for long is lack of relevant information. The challenges have contribute to inability of farmers to meet the rising…
- 20 Dec 2020
Pantami Harps on the Role of Smart Agriculture in Promoting Digital Innovation, Entrepreneurship
In a bid to build a robust environment to drive a digital platform for transformation of the Agricultural sector for a Digital Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency,…
- 15 Jan 2023
FG Empowers Smart Farmers in Katsina, Aims to Create 5 Million Job Opportunities
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), distributed smart agriculture materials to beneficiaries of the National Adopted Village for…
- 25 Jun 2023
NITDA DG Reaffirms Potential of Emerging Technologies in Revolutionising Agricultural Sector in Nigeria
Kashifu Inuwa, the director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reiterated the transformative potential of emerging technologies in revolutionising the…
- 16 Feb 2022
DG NITDA Extols Traditional Institutions Role in Harnessing ICT Benefits in Nigeria
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, director-general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said Traditional Institutions have a vital role to play in harnessing the vast opportunities in…
- 2 Sept 2020
NITDA Pledges to Extend NAVSA Programme to All States
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information technology Development Agency, (NITDA), has reaffirmed the commitment of the Agency to extend the National Adopted Village for…
- 22 Sept 2021
Digital Entrepreneurship Crucial to Sustainable Digital Economy — DG NITDA
Digital entrepreneurship has been described as a crucial element necessary in ensuring sustainable digital economy because through innovations in technology, people have been able to shop and sell…
- 1 Dec 2022
NITDA Engages Imo State ICT Stakeholders on Digitization, Entrepreneurship Evolution
In its continuous drive towards fostering national development through efficient Information Technology (IT) governance in Nigeria, coupled with the growing need of the Digital Economy Ecosystem, the…
- 16 Jun 2020
NITDA DG Urges Kano and Jigawa State to Harness Youth Population for Economic Recovery
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), firmly believe that the ever-growing youthful population of Kano and Jigawa can be a source of…
- 20 Sept 2020
NAVSA: NITDA Changes Existing Reality in Agricultural Sector
By Lukman Oladokun “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” —Buckminster Fuller We live in a time of…
- 12 Feb 2023
FG Takes Empowerment Training Under NAVSA to Oyo State
In furtherance to its resolve at deepening the Digital Transformation Pillar of its Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan, (SRAP) 2021-2024 under the Agricultural value chain, the National Information…
- 24 Nov 2024
NITDA DG Harps on the Role of Innovation in Nigeria's Sustainable Development
Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reiterated the critical role of innovation in driving Nigeria’s sustainable development,…
- 30 Aug 2020
Digital Economy: Africa Is Blessed With Great Potentials – DG NITDA
Kashifu InuwaAbdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Agency (NITDA), has described African Continent as centre with great potentials especially in the development and…
- 17 Feb 2021
How Digital Technology Adoption in Agric Sector will Combat Hunger - Pantami
The integration of digital technology in agricultural value chain has been identified as a major stimulus that would help the county combat the challenges of hunger that may arise as a result of…
- 16 Oct 2024
FG Moves to Boost Productivity in Agriculture with Emerging Technologies
The Federal Government’s commitment to ensure food security in Nigeria through the infusion of emerging technologies in the agricultural sector has necessitated the collaboration between the National…
- 27 Jun 2024
Digital supply chains to transform small-scale farming in Nigeria
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has emphasised the transformative potential of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI),…
- 19 May 2022
Disruptive Technologies Critical to Agric Development – Inuwa, NITDA DG
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been described as critical role in the Agricultural sector that can guarantee cash flow and a major contributor to the nations' Gross Domestic…
- 23 Jun 2021
5G Network Crucial to 4th Industrial Revolution – DG NITDA
The 5G network, which is currently driving the world toward the 4th Industrial Revolution, has been described as very crucial to bringing the people together in a global village. Mallam Kashifu Inuwa…
- 31 Mar 2022
Smart Farming: NITDA Implements NAVSA Project with 50 Corp Members as Pilot Beneficiaries
With the mandate of ensuring all sectors of the Nation's economy are supported and driven by technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in collaboration with Abuja…
- 30 Nov 2023
Digitising Agricultural Processes for Smallholder Farmers to Boost Nigeria’s GDP by $67bn – DG NITDA
With the smallholder farmers producing an estimated 90% of the country’s food and contributing 21% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $477 billion, rejuvenating the agricultural sector by…
- 5 Jun 2020
Over 14,000 Students Enrolled to NITDA Academy Even With COVID-19 Pandemic – Says Inuwa Abdullahi
In the wake of Coronavirus pandemic and its socio-economic impact globally, over 14,000 active students are learning from 47 different courses cut across emerging technologies such as cloud…
- 18 Dec 2020
Hotspot Network Taps Parallel Wireless for Network Coverage to Nigeria Villages
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the U.S.-based Open RAN company delivering the world's first software-defined end-to-end 5G 4G 3G 2G Open RAN solutions, has been selected by Hotspot Network Limited, a…
- 3 Sept 2020
NITDA Urges Stakeholders to Prepare Citizens for 4th Industrial Revolution
As most countries of the world prepare for the 4 th industrial revolution, which is to be driven by emerging technologies, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information…
- 30 Jul 2021
NITDA to Leverage on AfCTA to Build Digital Market in the World
As Nigeria is moving fast towards diversifying its economy using technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has proposed partnership with Republic of Namibia in the…
- 16 Sept 2020
NITDA To Partner NSIA On Start-Ups Investment
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is to partner with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) towards investing in Start-ups to create more jobs and wealth in…
- 25 Feb 2020
NITDA Boss Urges e-Commerce Companies to Leverage on Digital Economy Policy
Mr.Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has tasked Nigeria’s leading e-Commerce companies to join hands with Federal Government in…
- 12 Apr 2022
Produce Job Providers Instead of Job Seekers, DG NITDA to Nigerian Varsities
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has challenged Universities in the country to devote greater attention to enterpreneurship training…
- 27 Oct 2020
Innovative Forum: NITDA Commends NITRA, Highlights COVID-19 Recovery Programmes
Following the successful conclusion of the Innovative Forum organised by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA) to draw a roadmap towards COVID-19 recovery in the ICT…
- 20 Oct 2020
Minister Commissions NCC, USPF, NITDA Projects
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has commissioned more projects executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Universal Service…