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Institutional Focus – IT Edge News.Africa Q2 2026 Digital Economy Report
As Nigeria’s digital economy becomes increasingly data-driven, Galaxy Backbone Limited has emerged as one of the Federal Government’s most strategic digital assets.
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In Q2 2026, the organisation not only marked its 20th anniversary, but also accelerated its transformation from a shared infrastructure provider into a trusted national digital solutions platform. A defining moment of its 20th anniversary was the unveiling of a new corporate logo to signal Galaxy Backbone’s evolution from an infrastructure provider into a full-spectrum digital solutions company.
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Operating under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Galaxy Backbone (GBB) is repositioning Nigeria to compete in a global digital economy where data sovereignty, cloud trust, and platform reliability now define national competitiveness.
Leadership Driving a New Digital Vision
Under the leadership of Ibrahim Adepoju Adeyanju, Managing Director/CEO, Galaxy Backbone has adopted a bold, future-facing mandate: move Nigeria from being merely an infrastructure host to a provider of integrated digital solutions.
This vision aligns with Nigeria’s broader ambition to treat digital infrastructure not as a cost centre, but as an economic growth engine powering governance, innovation, and productivity across all sectors.
From Connectivity to Capability: A Strategic Pivot
As Galaxy Backbone celebrates two decades of operations, its strategy has shifted decisively from building infrastructure to maximising digital assets.
Key Strategic Pillars
- Smart Digital Economy Roadmap: Optimising existing fibre, data centres, and cloud platforms to drive citizen participation, sub-national adoption, and enterprise productivity.
- Leadership in Emerging Technologies: Preparing Nigeria to shape, not just consume, innovations in AI, cloud computing, and digital platforms.
- Digital Sovereignty Mandate: Accelerating the migration of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) from foreign-hosted environments to secure local platforms.
Core Shared Services Powering Government Digitalisation
Galaxy Backbone remains the backbone of Nigeria’s digital public infrastructure, delivering scalable and resilient platforms that eliminate duplication and reduce IT costs across government.
Key Platforms and Assets
- 1Government Cloud: A unified cloud environment enabling MDAs and state governments to deploy applications, collaboration tools, and secure email (GovMail) without building standalone infrastructure.
- Tier III & Tier IV Data Centres: Uptime-certified facilities in Abuja and Kano supporting mission-critical government workloads and disaster recovery.
- National Fibre Backbone: Metro and backbone fibre spanning nearly 30 states, forming the foundation for e-government, secure connectivity, and inter-agency collaboration.
- Enterprise Digital Solutions: Secure internet services, unified communications, and call centre platforms for public institutions and businesses.
Q2 2026 Performance: Scaling Digital Public Infrastructure
By Q2 2026, Galaxy Backbone had:
- Expanded its fibre-optic footprint to nearly 30 states
- Recorded increased onboarding of MDAs onto shared cloud platforms
- Strengthened its position as the secure core of Nigeria’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) \
- Advanced implementation of its four-year Integrated Digital Transformation Strategy (IDTS)
These milestones reflect a deliberate shift toward Government-as-a-Platform (GaaP), unifying fragmented IT systems into a single, interoperable national framework.
Championing Localisation and Cloud Sovereignty
With data now central to national development, Galaxy Backbone has made cloud sovereignty a defining priority.
Key Sovereignty Initiatives
- Localised Hosting: Sovereign data hosted within Nigeria through Tier III and Tier IV facilities to reduce exposure to foreign disruptions and geopolitical risks.
- Startup Cloud Enablement: In partnership with NITDA, GBB is onboarding startups from programmes such as iHatch and ONDI onto the Galaxy Cloud Platform (GxCP) with subsidised hosting, strengthening indigenous innovation.
This localisation push is positioning Nigeria to retain economic value from its data while building long-term digital trust.
Building Trust as a National Platform Provider
Trust remains the currency of the data economy. Galaxy Backbone reinforces confidence through globally recognised standards and operational discipline.
Trust and Reliability Framework
- International Certifications: ISO 27001 (Information Security), ISO 20000 (IT Service Management), ISO 22301 (Business Continuity), ISO 9001 (Quality Management).
- High Availability: Dual Tier III and Tier IV architecture ensuring enterprise-grade uptime and resilience.
- Industry Recognition: Recipient of the NET5.5G Pioneer Award and recognition in the Federal Government Website Performance Scorecard by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms.
Positioning Nigeria for the Data Economy Era
As Nigeria’s digital economy deepens, Galaxy Backbone is evolving into more than an IT agency—it is becoming a strategic national digital platform, enabling governance reform, enterprise productivity, innovation ecosystems, and economic resilience.
By promoting shared infrastructure, sovereign cloud adoption, and trusted digital platforms, GBB is helping Nigeria transition from infrastructure ownership to digital value creation, a shift critical to long-term national development.
