NITDA, Microsoft sign MoU on ICT innovation and adoption

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Microsoft Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen ICT innovation and adoption in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the agency’s Director-General/CEO, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim and the General Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Mr. Akin Banuso. “We are delighted to collaborate with […]

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Microsoft Nigeria have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen ICT innovation and adoption in Nigeria.

This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the agency’s Director-General/CEO, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim and the General Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Mr. Akin Banuso.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Microsoft; as regulators, our mandate is to create the right policies that foster innovation and help build a robust digital economy. Nigeria is a forward-thinking economy and one which is ready to compete in the 4th industrial revolution by having policies which drive growth and encourage investments.

“This is a positive move towards digitalization of government processes and provides a tremendous opportunity to scale up citizen’s access to services and concurrently improve the quality of services,” Dr. Ibrahim said.

Also speaking, Mr. Banuso said: “We are excited to collaborate with NITDA. Microsoft is committed to providing technology you can trust; we have been actively involved in discussions with governments around the world to digitally transform and are also frequently asked by governments to identify best practices for moving to the cloud; we are honoured to be able to work with the Nigerian government on this framework.

“This collaboration aims to foster detailed discussions of recent regulatory and policy development, including global best practices, to create cloud regulatory frameworks appropriate for driving innovation and improving how the public sector operates and delivers citizen services.”

They affirmed that both NITDA and Microsoft Nigeria will set up a joint working group for the partnership which involves collaboration in the areas of cloud policies, data protection and privacy laws and data classification frameworks.