The Federal Government and the European Union have intensified efforts to strengthen their Digital Public Infrastructure with the inauguration of a high-level roundtable on the Nigeria Data Exchange Platform.
The initiative, spearheaded by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy in collaboration with the European Union and Team Europe partners—Estonia, Finland, Germany, and France—represents a major step toward building secure, inclusive, and trusted digital systems for citizens and businesses, according to a statement by the EU on Saturday.
The Nigeria Data Exchange Conference, facilitated by the EU’s Digital for Development Hub, convened government officials, lawmakers, regulators, industry leaders, and international partners to deliberate on the vision, governance, and technical framework of the NGDX.
The platform is designed as the third pillar of Nigeria’s DPI, alongside the National Identity System and the National Payments Infrastructure.
Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, described the NGDX as central to Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda.