FG’s partnership with Google to transform Nigeria into a global tech hub – Kashifu Inuwa 

Inuwa stated this during a televised interview monitored in Lagos on Thursday.

Inuwa revealed that the partnership is centered on five key areas: infrastructure development, scaling digital skills among citizens, fostering artificial intelligence (AI) innovation, promoting cloud adoption, and establishing a robust investment framework.

He says the collaboration aims to create a sustainable ecosystem to drive Nigeria’s digital transformation.

Inuwa explained that the partnership will result in the development of a comprehensive roadmap to accelerate Nigeria’s digital economy.

“The partnership will focus on five critical areas: infrastructure development, scaling of citizens, AI innovation, cloud adoption, and investment framework,” he stated. 

Inuwa emphasized the pivotal role of data centres in advancing the digital economy, stressing the need to localize sensitive data for both government and private sector use.

He noted that data centres globally operate independently of grid electricity, adopting green energy solutions to meet sustainability goals.

“Data centres go off-grid and embrace green energy because they also need carbon credits. We are exploring this as part of the framework,” he added. 

The project is designed to promote indigenous languages and cultural heritage.

Naijaonpoint earlier this week reported that the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai on Wednesday met with Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu in Paris, where both leaders discussed a partnership to expand Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills in Nigeria.

“We talked about the immense potential of AI in Nigeria, and how we can partner to expand AI skills, enable innovation, and support Nigeria’s growing tech ecosystem,” Pichai stated after the meeting.