The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has opened registration for Tech Convergence 3.0, the registry’s annual industry forum, scheduled for 2 June 2026 at Abuja Continental Hotel. The third edition runs under the theme Shaping the Future of Nigeria’s Digital Economy: Leveraging Policy and .ng for Growth, with both physical and virtual attendance options. Registration is open now.
Organiser and audience
NiRA is the registry that operates Nigeria’s .ng country-code top-level domain, and Tech Convergence has been its flagship policy and industry gathering since 2024. The forum draws C-level executives, government policymakers, tech founders, journalists, and educators. The programme spans Nigeria’s digital-economy policy, DNS infrastructure and DNSSEC, internet identity and the .ng domain, the risks of offshore data hosting, and digital inclusion. Interactive tech labs and an after-hours networking mixer round out the schedule.
Speakers and programme
Confirmed speakers include Adesola Akinsanya, President of NiRA; Ibukun Odusote, Chairperson of NiRA’s Board of Trustees; Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); Senator Salisu Afolabi Shuaib, Chairman of the Senate Committee on ICT and Cybersecurity; Basil Udotai Esq, Founding Partner at Johnson and Wilmer LLP; Ahmad Mukoshy, Founder and CEO of GigaLayer; and cybersecurity expert Muktar Bello. Registration is open at the official event page: nira.org.ng/techconvergence/register.
Government engagement
Government participation is unusually strong for a registry-run forum. NITDA, Nigeria’s federal IT regulator, and the Senate ICT committee are both represented at the director-general and chairman level, signalling that .ng registry governance and national internet policy share the same table. The mix of regulators and private-sector executives reflects how Nigerian digital-economy decisions cut across both.
Context
Tech Convergence builds on a growing strand of African registry and DNS gatherings, alongside ICANN regional dialogues and AFRINIC governance forums. The third edition lands as Nigeria’s data-sovereignty debates intensify: the choice to anchor the agenda in .ng identity and local content as growth levers signals where the registry sees the next decade of Nigerian internet headed.
Tech Convergence 3.0
NiRA’s third annual industry forum on Nigeria’s digital economy, anchored on policy and the .ng domain, at Abuja Continental Hotel.
Event Type: Event
Event Attendance Mode: Online + Offline
Event Status: EventScheduled
Venue Name: Abuja Continental Hotel
Address: PostalAddress, Abuja, NG
Start Date: 2026-06-02 08:00
End Date: 2026-06-02 16:00
Ticket URL: https://nira.org.ng/techconvergence/register/
Currency: NGN
Availability: InStock
Availability Starts: 2026-06-02T09:00:00+01:00
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