*Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, engages the global audience at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, United States, emphasising Nigeria鈥檚 digital infrastructure sector – the bedrock of Nigeria鈥檚 digital economy – is ripe with investment opportunities across the ecosystem

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The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said Nigeria鈥檚 digital infrastructure sector is ripe with investment opportunities in the ecosystem.

绿帽献妻 reports Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, Director-General of NITDA, who stated this while featuring on the global stage at hashtag#UNGA80, powered by NITDA and hosted by HERitage House, led a pivotal discussion on 鈥淭ech is Infrastructure鈥�, in New York, United States (US).

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NITDA disclosed the Information Technology sector regulatory agency emphasised the 聽聽聽focus of the global outing was clear: to establish inclusive digital infrastructure through strategic government policy as the bedrock of Nigeria鈥檚 digital economy.

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The agency noted the Director-General also highlighted Nigeria鈥檚 bold vision for AI Readiness, built on critical pillars, including trusted, culturally-reflective data; robust compute/storage capacity; and bias-free algorithms.

In order to bridge the digital divide, Inuwa particularly identified Project BRIDGE as the country鈥檚 landmark initiative, deploying 90,000 km of fibre-optic cable to guarantee nationwide Broadband connectivity or Internet access.

Demonstrating Nigeria鈥檚 innovative approach to modern digital infrastructure, he explained the co-creation in policymaking, guided by the Regulatory Intelligence Framework.

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Inuwa equally announced other major milestones like the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative (NSCI), designed to safeguard digital independence and the launch of N-ATLAS, which as described as the country鈥檚 first multilingual AI model.

Urging collaboration with global partners, investors and stakeholders, Inuwa asserted that 鈥淣igeria鈥檚 digital infrastructure sector is ripe with investment opportunities.鈥�

He beckoned them to join the West African country in building 鈥渁 resilient and sovereign digital future鈥�.

Insight into 鈥楻enewed Hope Blueprint for Sustainable Growth鈥�

In a related development, Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, on the sidelines of the recent 80th UNGA, also participated in a special side event with the theme: 鈥淕lobal Partnerships, Local Prosperity: Nigeria’s Renewed Hope Blueprint for Sustainable Growth鈥�.

NITDA stated the event focused on taking stock of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and Nigeria鈥檚 strides towards achieving a $1 trillion economy.

According to him, the country is deploying the Renewed Hope Blueprint for Sustainable Growth as a platform to encourage Nigerians in the Diaspora to invest in, and contribute to the President Tinubu鈥檚 vision for national development.

In his remarks, Inuwa highlighted the agency鈥檚 contributions to advancing the Renewed Hope Agenda, especially through digital literacy and skills development initiatives, including the Digital Literacy for All (DL4ALL) and 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programmes.

The NITDA Chief Executive, therefore, underscored the agency鈥檚 role in expanding access to digital infrastructure, to support inclusive learning and empower citizens to thrive in the emerging Nigeria Digital Economy.