Gitex Nigeria: Nitda Boss Urges Foreign Investors To Tap Into Nigeria's Digital Future

In a spirited and visionary appeal, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, has issued a compelling invitation to global investors to explore Nigerias burgeoning digital economy, describing it as a land of opportunity powered by a youthful, tech-savvy, and highly innovative population.

The DG made this known when he engaged with global key players in the IT sector, including startups and investors during a GITEX Breakfast meeting at the GITEX Africa 2025 which is currently being held in Marrakech, Morocco.

Speaking ahead of GITEX Nigeria 2025, a major technology and investment conference set to take place from September 1 to 4 in Abuja and Lagos, Inuwa painted a vibrant picture of Nigerias digital landscape where according to him, innovation meets opportunity, and where government commitment aligns with grassroots entrepreneurial drive.

Nigeria is a country with a large, youthful, innovative, creative, and highly competent workforce, where startups and scale-ups can continuously thrive, and where entrepreneurial spirit and technological advancement shape and create the landscape, he stated.