Sunday Folayan, former President NiRA
As part of efforts to increase the adoption of Nigeria’s domain name, .ng, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has disclosed that it will be working with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
The Vice President, NiRA, Toba Obaniyi, who disclosed this plan, informed that as at last year, usage of Nigeria’s domain name, the .ng grew to 180,000.
A domain name is an identification string that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. The .ng is Nigeria’s identity on the Internet space.
With the fast pace at which fintech companies are growing in Nigeria, it should be noted that the success of these businesses are largely due to their access to huge data on customers and this drives their innovation, product development, customer relationship management, among others, Oluchi Chibuzor, continues our focus of Nigeriaâs emerging tech players which started three weeks ago
âThe power of artificial intelligence is so incredible, it will change society in some very deep ways,â billionaire Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates.
If technology is the new oil, then data is the new power. While fintech is fast-growing in Nigeria, non-fintech brands are also springing up in the media, analytics and Artificial intelligence space in Nigeria. We should note that brands like Google, Facebook, and Twitter are essentially media and analytics companies.
Emma Okonji writes on the need for a greater collaboration to address the rising rates of cybercrime and cyber bullying in the cyberspace
In order to create cyber-security awareness among Africans, Nigerians inclusive, most government agencies, including private organisations in Nigeria, penultimate week, joined other African countries to celebrate the Africa Safer Internet Day (ASID), which is the continent’s version of the World Safer Internet Day (WSID).
ASID is usually held on February 9 every year, to create awareness on the dangers of cyberspace, with a view to educate Africans on the safer way to use the internet and what they must guide against while browsing online.