IDC West Africa CIO Summit Accelerating Your Journey to a Digital-First World

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was created in April 2001 to implement IT policies in Nigeria and coordinate IT development across the country. Its overarching goal is to facilitate the development of Nigeria into a sustainable digital economy. NITDA develops and regulates IT in the country via regulatory standards, guidelines, and policies. NITDA is also the prime agency for egovernment implementations, internet governance, and general IT development in Nigeria.

For over 15 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud offering. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any cloud workload, and it now has more than 200 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 96 Availability Zones within 30 geographic regions, with announced plans for 15 more Availability Zones and five more AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, and Thailand. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com

VMware software powers the world’s complex digital infrastructure. The company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace offerings help customers deliver any application on any cloud across any device. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is committed to being a force for good, from its breakthrough technology innovations to its global impact.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business. It delivers enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Learn more at https://cloud.google.com/.

Nozomi Networks accelerates digital transformation by protecting the world’s industrial and government organizations and critical infrastructure installations from cyberthreats. The company's solution delivers exceptional network and asset visibility, threat detection, and deep operational insights for OT and IoT environments. Customers rely on Nozomi Networks to minimize risks while maximizing resilience

Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments, and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky technologies and the company helps 240,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.co.za.

Datemellon is focused on enabling simple, fast, and secure cloud journeys for its customers. Harnessing the tremendous power of cloud, the company helps clients activate what they need, when they need it. Whether a business is in the early stages of its journey or well on its way to digital transformation and business modernization, Datamellon can help chart a path to success.