Nigeria's Cloud Sovereignty Play: New Policy Targets $750M Investment and Ends Foreign Data Dependence

The Federal Government of Nigeria has shipped its most ambitious digital infrastructure play yet: the National Digital Cloud Policy, released Monday by the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy led by Minister Bosun Tijani. The policy mandates that all federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) must prioritize cloud infrastructure when building new digital systems, effectively making the government the anchor customer for Nigeria's domestic cloud...