By Angeline Mgbele, Senior Correspondent Abuja
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) through one of its subsidiaries, the Office for Nigerian Digital Innovation (ONDI), in collaboration with Lotus Beta Analytics Nigeria Limited has commenced a capacity building programme for vibrant startups with the aim of supporting their innovative capacities.
Held at the Public Service Institute (PSIN) Kubwa, Abuja, north central Nigeria, the training centered on Modernization of Legacy Solutions, Migration of On-Premises Business Solutions to the Cloud, Development of Cloud Applications and driving exponential revenue growth.
The Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, said the Capacity Building would help the Agency achieve its goal of creating more Innovation do Enterprises (IDEs) in line with the objectives of Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship Pillar.
Represented by the Acting Director of Digital Economy Development Department, NITDA, Engr Salisu Kaka, Mallam Inuwa noted that the programme was borne out of the Agency’s desire of ensuring the successful implementation of the Present Administration’s National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria (NDEPS) within the stipulated period.
Inuwa added that, “the sudden increase in demand for software and online web-based applications among businesses as necessitated by the COVID-19 outbreak had a positive impact on the growth of DevOps market and led to the growing need of DevOps solution among businesses to streamline the process of software application development by promoting collaboration between various entities of software development lifecycle.
Additionally, the rise in need for continuous and fast application delivery and increase in focus on reducing Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) and Operating Expenses (OPEX) drive the growth of the DevOps market. The global DevOps market size was valued at US$6.78 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach US$57.9 billion by 2030. Therefore,this collaboration is apt and timely in ensuring that our startups benefit from the DevOps market growth”.
The NITDA DG urged participants to make the best use of the opportunity to tap into the growing DevOps market by ensuring that all learnings were translated into meaningful use to scale their businesses and contribute to the nation’s economic growth.
On his part, the Managing Director, Lotus Analytics, Ademola Akinbode, who featured virtually said the programme would serve as a springboard to groom tech startups and also lead to the development of Nigeria’s Tech ecosystem.
Also in her goodwill message, representative of Nigeria Country Director Microsoft, Mrs Edu-Abasi Chukwunweike, lauded the initiative, while pledging Microsoft’s readiness to providing the platform required to develop indigenous startups.
