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By Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju
Galaxy Backbone’s journey over the past years has been defined by purpose: building the digital infrastructure that powers governance, enables service delivery, and secures Nigeria’s digital future. As the organisation consolidates its gains at home, an important question naturally emerges—where next?
The answer lies beyond borders.
West Africa and other emerging digital markets stand at a critical inflection point. Governments are seeking secure, sovereign, and cost-effective digital infrastructure.
Citizens are demanding efficient public services. Economies are looking to technology as a catalyst for growth, inclusion, and competitiveness. These realities mirror challenges Nigeria has faced and continues to address, through Galaxy Backbone’s evolving model.
GBB’s Drive for Regional Leadership: A Vision Backed by Experience
GBB’s ambition for regional leadership is therefore not accidental; it is a natural extension of experience, driven by vision. Our work in delivering government cloud services, a platform for secure connectivity, data centres, disaster recovery, and shared digital platforms has created capabilities that are increasingly relevant across the region.
Solutions such as GovMail, 1Government Cloud, sovereign cloud infrastructure, and enterprise digital platforms demonstrate how public digital infrastructure can be locally owned, resilient, and scalable.
Regional leadership will not be built on expansion alone, but on partnership. GBB’s approach is to collaborate with governments, regional institutions, and private sector players—co-creating solutions that respect sovereignty while enabling interoperability and shared growth.
In emerging markets, success will depend on adapting technology to local realities, building capacity, and embedding trust at every layer of the digital ecosystem.
Building Futures: GBB’s Commitment to People, Skills, and Strong Institutions
Equally important is people. As GBB looks outward, it carries forward a commitment to skills development, knowledge transfer, and institutional strengthening. Sustainable digital transformation is not powered by infrastructure alone, but by capable professionals and responsive institutions.
The future GBB envisions is one where Nigeria’s public digital infrastructure expertise becomes a regional reference point, supporting e-government, enabling cross-border collaboration, and strengthening digital resilience across West Africa and beyond.
“Africa’s digital future can be built, owned, and led from within”
Where next? Forward; guided by experience, anchored in partnership, and driven by a clear belief that Africa’s digital future can be built, owned, and led from within.
