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Banks, fintechs, betting firms, others risk sanctions over NDPR policy breach

For non-compliance with key processes in the Nigerian Data protection Regulation (NDPR), the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is set to notify about 100 firms including banks, fintechs, betting companies, airlines and others. Recall that the types of privacy…

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Three reasons why Nigerian tech start-ups’ won’t grow

Recently in Kenya, the TechCrunch Battlefiled Africa contest was organized by Facebook. Just as all the three prizes were swept away by Ghanaians and one Kenyan, Nigerian startups failed to win anything. Nigerian contingents have since come empty handed, but…

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NITDA absolves self from Omatek collapse, says it never contacted agency

The Director General of the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isah Pantami on Monday, swiftly reacted to Business Hilights lead story on ICT Category captioned: ‘NITDA would have done to Omatek, what NCC did to Etisalat—-Analysts’, saying “…

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NITDA would have done to Omatek, what NCC did to Etisalat—-Analysts

Omatek Computers Plc., was once a leading computer and other device brand of note in Nigeria, but was serially silenced and technically subdued by debt pileup from the Bank of Industry (BoI) some months ago. The bank had in July…