THE digital switchover has become a global obsession and most modern state systems are anxious to embrace the option. Nigeria, not surprisingly, from early on, sought to optimally exploit the potentials of the digital switchover. However, until recently, its policy response has been uneven and frequently, a mixture of inertia and sudden bursts of change. Under Buhari, the switchover policy appears to have enjoyed more clarity and stable patronage. This is a useful departure. It is also ideologically fitting. A proper digital deployment is consistent with Buhari‘s resolution to diversify the economy and create more jobs. It is widely recognized that a complete digital switchover such as Nigeria contemplates, is bound to have a decisive impact on the Nigerian economy.

Nigeria has set a new global record as the world’s first fully digital, end-to-end blockchain based commodity trading and financing platform.

By tomorrow, another Black Friday season kicks off. Presently, Black Friday is widely regarded as the busiest shopping event of the year. It provides shoppers with the opportunity of buying goods and services at very affordable costs – mostly, at half the original prices.

Recognising the power of data in business innovations and revenue growth, information and communication technology, ICT, company, Hitachi Vantara has advised the country to drive its institutions with data to achieve desired values

These are exciting times for Africa. With mobile phone usage in Sub-Sahara Africa reaching 44 percent in 2017, up from just 25 percent in 2010, and mobile broadband connections predicted to hit 87 percent in 2025, up from 38 percent in 2017, companies need to be open to an always-connected environment. This increasing accessibility is giving rise to several trends that businesses need to be aware of.