Author: ITPulse

The Nigerian government, through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has inaugurated a comprehensive new framework designed to systematically measure, analyze, and maximize the impact of digital technologies on Nigeria’s rapidly evolving economy. The initiative officially kicked off at the Stakeholder Engagement and Validation Workshop hosted at the e-Government Training Centre of the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) in Abuja. The workshop assembled a diverse coalition of government institutions, regulatory bodies, academia, private sector leaders, and development partners to finalize the architectural blueprint that will guide a nationwide assessment of Nigeria’s digital landscape. Delivering the welcome address, the…

By Martin Ekpeke The International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience (IAB) has established three specialized Working Groups to address critical vulnerabilities in global connectivity, in what many industry watchers describe as a major global effort to safeguard the subsea infrastructure powering the internet. The initiative brings together an elite cohort of 175 experts drawn from the public and private sectors, including governments, regulators, industry leaders, academia, and international organizations, to identify challenges, review existing practices, and propose actionable solutions. The development comes as a direct evolution of global conversations catalyzed by Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy,…

By Martin Ekpeke The global Artificial Intelligence landscape witnessed a historic shift as Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, was officially inaugurated as a Founding Member of the newly formed AI for Good Global Commission. Convened by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), this high-level international body is co-chaired by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, with ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin serving as Vice-Chair. The commission brings together an elite cohort of global leaders, including Heads of State, tech industry titans, academia, and international organizations, to build a trusted, inclusive, and…

In today’s business environment, success is no longer determined solely by the quality of a product or the sophistication of technology. Increasingly, it is shaped by how effectively an organisation communicates, especially in periods of uncertainty. For fintech companies operating in Nigeria and across Africa, communication has become as critical as innovation itself. The world has become what strategists describe as a VUCA environment, volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Economic shocks, fluctuating exchange rates, changing regulations, cybersecurity threats, misinformation, and evolving customer expectations have made the financial services landscape more unpredictable than ever. In such an environment, silence creates suspicion,…

Nigeria’s data protection sector has rapidly scaled into a ₦16.3 billion industry after just three years of formal regulation, according to Dr. Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner and CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC). The milestone was shared during the Regional Data Governance Exchange in Nairobi, Kenya, by Olufemi Ibitayo, the NDPC’s Head of Finance Management and Control, who spoke on behalf of Dr. Olatunji. Ibitayo emphasized that this massive growth highlights the real economic value of robust data governance while signaling substantial room for future expansion. “At NDPC, we operate on a ‘Compliance First, Not Punishment’ philosophy, which…

By Ivy Samuel The Nigerian food service industry is poised to experience unprecedented growth, with the market projected to reach a staggering $19.31 billion by 2030, expanding at an annual rate of 11.73%. According to a definitive new case study by fintech giant Moniepoint, this explosive trajectory follows a massive structural shift, driven by food-delivery super-apps and a new generation of chairless “cloud kitchens, making Nigeria’s food commerce sector mature into an $11.09 billion market in 2025. At the heart of this multi-billion-dollar evolution is a quiet revolution in financial technology, which has systematically resolved the industry’s most deeply entrenched…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and key industry stakeholders have launched a coordinated effort to end the disruptive and repetitive excavation of roads for fibre-optic cables. This will be achieved through a new cost-based pricing framework for sharing underground telecommunications ducts, developed under the Federal Government’s ‘Dig Once’ policy. The initiative, launched yesterday in Abuja at the Second Stakeholders’ Forum on the Consultancy Study for the Development of a Pricing Mechanism and Cost-Based Structure for Sharing Ducts,  is poised to significantly lower broadband deployment costs, promote infrastructure sharing, and accelerate nationwide fibre rollout. The core objective of the ‘Dig Once’…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) trended for all the wrong reasons on X yesterday, after its highly anticipated Self-Service Voter Registration Portal crashed within hours of its launch. What was supposed to be a milestone in digital democracy quickly devolved into a wave of public frustration. Angry, anxious, and skeptical Nigerians flooded X to call out the commission for poor preparation, especially given a tight July 26, 2026, deadline that leaves voters with less than three weeks to register. The backlash was intensified by INEC’s own aggressive social media campaign, which widely shared a graphic promising citizens they could…

Every civilisation has been built on one invisible infrastructure. The Romans built roads. The Industrial Revolution built electricity. The Internet built information. The next economy may be built on something far less tangible. Trust. That sounds counterintuitive because we have spent centuries believing that money is the foundation of every economy. It isn’t. Money has never been the foundation; it has simply been the mechanism through which trust is exchanged. Every major financial innovation, from coins and paper notes to credit cards, online banking and blockchain, has been humanity’s attempt to solve the same problem: “how do we help strangers…

By Martin Ekpeke In a bold move signaling the dawn of a new era for sustainable transport on the continent, Hybrid Motors Nigeria Limited has announced a massive blueprint to establish an integrated electric mobility ecosystem designed to position Africa as a global contender in the green tech space. Disclosing this via a strategic corporate update, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hybrid Motors Nigeria Limited, Jubril Arogundade, declared that the company is laying the foundation for one of Africa’s most ambitious industrial projects. According to Arogundade, the initiative goes far beyond simple vehicle assembly, insisting that the…