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- 17 Oct 2021
DG NITDA Urges Computer Sciences Students to Drive ICT Innovation
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has called on the National Association of Computer Science Students (NACOSS) to use their talents…
- 12 Nov 2023
DG NITDA Woos Global Investors to Tap into Nigeria’s Booming Digital Market
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has reiterated that the country is open to investors and investments, as Nigeria is unarguably…
- 25 Sept 2022
NITDA Intensifies Commitment to Create a Digitally Formidable Federal Civil Service
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has continued to display its commitment to the sustainability of a digitally transformed Nigeria by engaging the workforce of various…
- 21 Jul 2020
NITDA Creates First ICT Consumer Protection Forum to Resolve Product Complaints
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has come up with a forum meant to help citizens express their grievances as it relates to indigenous IT product and services and settle…
- 19 Oct 2021
AfriTECH2021 Seeks Urgent Steps to Drive Inclusive Digital Economy
Stakeholders in the information and communication technology industry have stressed that accelerating innovation remains the best path to drive inclusive growth. L-R: Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu,…
- 6 Jun 2023
NITDA Takes IT Policy Formulation Approach to London Blockchain Conference
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), showcased Nigeria’s Innovative IT Policy Formulation Approach at the just concluded London Blockchain Conference. NITDA led the…
- 3 Dec 2017
Nigeria saves N5.5 Billion on IT Clearance
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami FBCS, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has disclosed that the Agency in performing its duty as the clearing house for all IT…
- 28 Jan 2018
NITDA Screens 2017/2018 Prospective Scholars
National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) recently held a one on one screening for its 2017/2018 prospective scholars at their Corporate Head Office in Abuja. Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim…
- 6 Oct 2022
Pantami Extols Legislations as Crucial for Citizen’s Identity Protection
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami FNCS FBCS FIIM, the Honorable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that it has become imperative to implement legislations that will ensure the…
- 18 Jun 2020
NITDA Clears IT Projects Worth Over N1trillion in 5 Months
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its IT project clearance mandate, had assessed and cleared 62 Information Technolgy related projects worth 1,168,145,213,150…
- 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: NITDA Inaugurates Committee to Control Spread
In line with the federal government guideline against the spread of the Novel Coronavirus in the country, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated a seven man…
- 29 Sept 2020
FG Awards Cash Prizes Worth N16.5m to Winners 0f Nigeria @ 60 Challenge
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has awarded prizes worth N16.5million to nine Nigerians who emerged winners of the Nigeria @60…
- 2 Aug 2020
NITDA Promises to Balance Concerns and Advantages of 4th Industrial Revolution
As studies indicate that some jobs are vulnerable to automation in the next decade and how companies and organisations get to adapt to the rapid transformation, security risks triggered by…
- 9 Aug 2020
NITDA Assures Creative Kids Training Participants of IT Support
Malam KashifuInuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has assured all participants of the Creative Kids online training programme of the agency’s…
- 20 Jun 2023
TNW Conference Extols Nigeria’s Innovative Approach in Development of Startup Act
Nigeria’s Innovative approach in the development of the Nigeria Startup Act was celebrated by the global technology ecosystem stakeholders during the Deep Tech Roundtable, held as part of ‘The…
- 18 Feb 2022
Digital Innovation will Boost Education Sector -DG NITDA
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that continued investment in Digital Innovation will boost the education sector and the economy as a whole. The agency…
- 15 Jun 2022
How Microsoft is Enabling Digital Transformation in Agriculture to Solve Food Security in Africa
Microsoft hosted a virtual roundtable panel discussion about digital transformation in agriculture for food security in Africa. The roundtable explored how accelerating digital transformation in…
- 23 Jun 2022
FG Sets to Certify 50,000 Software Testers in New Democratization Drive
The Federal Government of Nigeria is set to collaborate with the Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) in democratizing software testing; where licensed professionals would provide…
- 22 Jul 2022
Enterprise Content Management will Save FG N4.5b Annually – DG NITDA
To accelerate the digitisation and the delivery of content services platforms in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in achieving a digital Nigeria, Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National…
- 16 Nov 2022
NITDA Works with Stakeholders to Create Irreversible Transformative Changes — DG
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has said that his Agency is working with other stakeholders towards creating an irreversible…
- 23 Nov 2022
DG NITDA Calls for ICT-Academia Partnership to Empower Nigerian Students with Digital Skills
The need for Nigeria to deepen Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) – Academia partnership has again been emphasised by Kashifu Inuwa, the Director-General, National Information…
- 29 Jan 2023
NITDA Flags Off TIES Scheme in Six Geopolitical Zones
In furtherance to the delivery of the President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, administrative ambitious policy of uplifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty, the National Information Technology…
- 6 Aug 2017
NITDA Named Co-Chair of Open Government Partnership Forum
A high powered delegation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) led by Ejike Njeze, co-Chair, Technology and Innovation (OGP) Nigeria, recently paid a courtesy call on Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami,…
- 22 Jun 2020
NITDA to Issue Frameworks for Development of Digital Services
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said it will soon issue frameworks for the development of government digital services and public-private sector partnership in its…
- 30 Jun 2020
Pantami Inaugurates Ministerial Inter-agency Committees on Completed Projects
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has inaugurated two inter-agency committees with the mandate to review, collate, commission and communicate in local…
- 13 Sept 2018
NITDA Clarifies Position on 2019 General Election Security Measures
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has refuted the news attributed to its Director General that the 2019 general elections may be disrupted if inadequate information…
- 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…
- 15 Jun 2021
NITDA Engages Stakeholders for Policy Development
As part of efforts by the Federal Government of Nigeria to grow the nation’s economy through digital technologies, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under supervision of…
- 27 Oct 2021
eGovernment Projects: FG, Republic of Korea to Kick-Start Second Phase in Nigeria
After a successful implementation of phase one of the e-Government project, the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Republic of Korea are getting set to kick-start the second phase of project. Prof…
- 18 Nov 2021
National Traditional Council Benefits from NITDA’s Capacity Building
In recognition of the significant role of traditional institutions as custodians of cultural values in the country, the staff of the National Traditional Council for Traditional Rulers in Nigeria…