Nigeria’s ability to participate meaningfully in the artificial intelligence economy will depend on the strength of its digital infrastructure. Beyond algorithms and applications, AI at scale requires resilient data centers, reliable power, secure cloud platforms, trusted data environments, low-latency connectivity and coordinated public-private execution. Against this backdrop, Africa Hyperscalers, in partnership with Vertiv, will host the Infrastructure Solutions Roundtable: The Foundation Behind AI, Cloud & Connectivity on July 8, 2026, at 9:00 AM WAT, in Abuja.

The closed-door, high-level roundtable will convene senior leaders from government, regulation, public-sector digital infrastructure, enterprise technology and the private sector to examine Nigeria’s readiness to support AI, cloud platforms, enterprise systems and national digital services at scale.

The Abuja session will feature a panel discussion themed “Nigeria’s AI Readiness Challenge: Infrastructure, Data, Demand and Execution.” The discussion will focus on the practical foundations required to strengthen Nigeria’s AI ecosystem, including infrastructure readiness, data governance, cloud adoption, cybersecurity, digital public infrastructure, enterprise demand, regulation and investment.

Speakers include Prof. Ibrahim Adepoju Adeyanju, Managing Director, Galaxy Backbone; Barrister Emmanuel Edet, Acting Director, Regulation and Compliance Department, National Information Technology Development Agency; Otuya Okecha, Director, Salience Consulting and Managing Director, FibreSol; Luther Ogbaji, Application Engineer, Thermal, Vertiv; Temitope Osunrinde, Director, Africa Hyperscalers, and Okechi Osuagwu, Regional Strategic Account Manager, Vertiv Central Africa, as well as representatives from public-sector agencies.

The session will examine how Nigeria’s current digital infrastructure can support AI workloads, how public-sector platforms can become more resilient and cloud-ready, what regulatory frameworks are needed for responsible AI deployment, and how enterprises can modernise legacy infrastructure to manage growing data volumes across distributed environments.

It will also explore how data center, power, cooling, monitoring, connectivity and edge infrastructure solutions can help Nigerian organisations reduce latency, improve uptime, support cloud and IoT workloads, and strengthen operational resilience.

The roundtable will feature presentations on innovation and AI for critical infrastructure, case studies, and discussions on next-generation infrastructure solutions that enable organisations to deploy agile, responsive, secure and sustainable data infrastructure. For enterprise IT, data center and infrastructure managers, the session will provide practical insight into overcoming legacy infrastructure challenges, unstable power, rising operating costs, distributed data environments, and growing demand for cloud, big data, IoT and AI-enabled systems.

The event is part of broader efforts by Africa Hyperscalers to strengthen dialogue across Africa’s digital infrastructure ecosystem and support collaboration between policymakers, regulators, infrastructure operators, technology providers, enterprises and investors shaping the continent’s digital future.