Nigeria: FG Unveils National Digital Cloud Policy, Targets $750m Investment in 24 Months

What the report says

Nigeria’s federal government has introduced the National Digital Cloud Policy, a new framework aimed at expanding digital infrastructure, strengthening cloud services and supporting the country’s broader digital economy. The policy was announced in Abuja on Tuesday by Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Minister Bosun Tijani, according to Premium Times. The ministry said the plan is intended to help position Nigeria as a competitive location for cloud investment, data infrastructure, artificial intelligence compute capacity and digital services.

A central goal of the policy is to attract $750 million in investment over 24 months, starting with a target to mobilize $250 million in private funding within the first year. The ministry said the government will use its purchasing power to help stimulate domestic infrastructure development. The policy also aims to increase compliant hosting capacity and support Nigeria’s cloud export market, with an emphasis on serving both the local market and the wider African region.

Premium Times reported that the framework assigns different roles to agencies: the National Information Technology Development Agency will handle regulation and standards, Galaxy Backbone will lead operational delivery and shared infrastructure, and the Bureau of Public Procurement will oversee procurement alignment. A committee chaired by Tijani will guide implementation. The policy is set to unfold over 24 months, beginning with policy activation and investment facilitation, then moving to provider onboarding, government migration and regional market development.

The ministry said the policy includes sovereignty and security rules for sensitive government and regulated data, but does not impose broad data-localization requirements on commercial data. In broader context, Nigeria has been seeking to deepen its digital transformation through infrastructure, skills and public-sector modernization, and this policy appears designed to connect those efforts across cloud, connectivity and talent development.