‘Digital infrastructure critical to Nigeria’s economy’

Digital infrastructure is now critical to Nigeria’s economy and national development, Africa Hyperscalers has said.

Disclosing this at a media workshop for journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, Executive Director of Africa Hyperscalers, Temitope Osunrinde said digital infrastructure is now as critical to Nigeria’s economy and national development as roads, ports, and power.

Africa Hyperscalers, is a pan-African market-intelligence and ecosystem platform focused on accelerating the continent’s digital infrastructure economy across data centers, cloud, connectivity, power, and policy,

Osunrinde said if Nigeria and Africa at large are to shape credible narratives that attract long-term investment and support sustainable digital economies, the media must understand how these systems work and what it takes to deliver them.

“This workshop is about equipping journalists with the insight to drive better public discourse, inform policy decisions, and ultimately support stronger infrastructure outcomes”, he said.

Daily Trust reports that the Media Workshop on Digital Infrastructure and AI was in partnership with The Media Training Room (TMTR), Open Access Data Centres and Rack Centre.

The session brought together senior journalists, infrastructure operators, and industry experts to deepen understanding of the systems underpinning Africa’s digital economy.

The workshop, which addressed the persistent knowledge gap between the media and the digital infrastructure sector, was designed as a capacity-building initiative to support ethical, more informed, accurate, and responsible reporting. Sessions covered core infrastructure layers – connectivity, data centers, power, interconnection, and cloud, project bankability, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in journalism.

The programme featured a session on Ethical and Professional News Reporting in the Age of AI, led by Toni Kan, Founder of The Media Training Room and Publisher of ThisIsLagos.ng, examining how AI is reshaping newsroom practice, ethics, and accountability.

Infrastructure delivery challenges were explored in “Connectivity: From Subsea to the Street,” delivered by Adebola Adefarati, Head, Marketing and Communications, Rack Centre, followed by Gbenga Adegbiji, Chief Executive Officer, Geniserve, who spoke on “Building Resilient Data Centers and Connectivity Infrastructure”. In “What You Don’t Know About the Internet in Nigeria,” Muhammed Rudman, Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), explained the importance of localizing the internet, unpacking how traffic flows, local peering, and data localization affect cost, latency, and digital sovereignty.

The workshop concluded with a panel discussion on the Media’s Powerful Role in Enabling Digital Infrastructure Development in Nigeria, featuring Tayo Fagbule, West Africa Bureau Chief, CNBC; Obinna Adumike, Head, Converged Infrastructure, Open Access Data Centres; and Muhammed Rudman, CEO, IXPN, and Temitope Osunrinde (Africa Hyperscalers). The discussion focused on responsible reporting, long-term sector coverage, and the role of journalism in supporting transparency, attracting investment, and coordinating policy across Nigeria’s digital infrastructure value chain. The session was sponsored by Open Access.

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