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Nigeria is the largest market in Africa and one of the fastest growing countries in the world. The country has a thriving and relatively easy business environment with numerous investment opportunities in various sectors.

In our digitally driven world, where the internet is a cornerstone of commerce, communication, and information dissemination, cybersquatting has emerged as a serious threat.

In our increasingly connected world, the digital age has brought forth numerous benefits, transforming the way we communicate, work, and access information.

Nigeria has issued a new National Digital Cloud Policy, and it carries very consequential implications. It replaces the 2019 Nigeria Cloud Computing Policy, reframes cloud infrastructure as a matter of national economic strategy rather than routine government IT, and sets out, for the first time, a coordinated framework covering investment, government adoption, and data sovereignty in a single instrument. For anyone building, financing, hosting on, or advising in Nigeria’s digital economy, it is pivotal to re-evaluate alongside the Policy. read.

In tackling the challenges posed by cyber threats, one top consideration is to identify our critical infrastructure and assess the risks to these systems so as to identify threats and vulnerabilities.

With the explosive rise of social media usage, in Nigeria, thanks to Gen Alpha and Gen Z, we are now experiencing a corresponding surge in online anti-social activity...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was created under the NITDA Act 2007 (the "Act") to implement the Nigerian Information Technology Policy and coordinate general Information Technology development in Nigeria.

The introduction of the internet in the late 20th century has changed how we live, work and carry out transactions.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued the National Digital Cloud Policy as a comprehensive strategic framework aimed at accelerating the development, governance and internationalisation of the country's cloud computing and digital infrastructure ecosystem. This policy announcement on 17 August 2026 marks a significant step in Nigeria's digital transformation journey.

This increasing use of digital platforms and online business has brought about many notable changes, including a surge in the growth of the entrepreneurial sector and an increase in the employment rate...

Businesses and transactions are now being carried out online, and the world is gradually becoming digitalized.

Aminu Maida, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC or the Commission) recently stated at a public event...

One of the trends in electronic communication in today's world is the use of emoji. An emoji has been defined as "a digital image that is added to a message in electronic communication in order to...

We are excited to announce that the Nigerian Start Up Bill, now the Nigerian Startup Act, has received presidential assent and has been signed into law. This brings hope that businesses...

Nigeria's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is a critical driver of the country's digital economy.

A quiet contest is underway across Africa over the housing and use of data, raising a fundamental question: where does African data live, and whose law governs it? As the continent generates a rising share of global digital activity yet hosts only about one percent of the world's data centre capacity, the answer carries real economic and legal weight that will determine who controls, profits from, and bears the costs of Africa's digital future.

As a means of deepening the technology ecosystem in Nigeria, and providing a regulatory framework for the existence, development, and activities of Startup companies in Nigeria,...