News Highlights:
- Princess Oforitsenere Emiko Named Interim Board Chair
- DBI Unveils Five-Pillar Transformation Agenda
As part of ongoing efforts to reposition the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) as a catalyst for Nigeria’s digital transformation agenda, the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved a new interim leadership structure for the Institute, appointing Princess Oforitsenere Emiko as Interim Chairman of its Governing Board.
The appointment underscores the Commission’s commitment to strengthening DBI’s institutional capacity and aligning its operations with the evolving demands of Nigeria’s communications sector and digital economy.
Joining Princess Emiko on the interim board are Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, and Ms Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management, who will serve as interim board members.
The interim board will work closely with the President/Chief Executive Officer of DBI, Mr David Daser, as well as other board members whose tenures remain valid, to drive the Institute’s transformation agenda and enhance its role in developing digital skills, innovation, and capacity-building across the country.
Established by the NCC in May 2004, DBI was created as a specialised centre for training in telecommunications and information technology.
In the two decades since, the sector it serves has grown from telecommunications into a broad, fast-moving digital economy, one where technology now advances quickly enough to demand continuous specialised training, and where communications infrastructure has become a matter of national sovereignty and oversight.
Securing and advancing the future of communications and the digital economy is now a clear national and economic priority.
That future also rests on Nigeria’s young population. With 70 per cent of Nigerians under the age of 30, the DBI transformation is designed to empower young people, equip them with advanced technical skills, and close the capability gap that currently slows the pace of technology adoption across the communications sector and the wider digital economy.
The repositioned Institute will concentrate on five areas: Education and Training, Research and Development, Innovation, Economic Impact and Growth, and Emerging Policy and Regulation.
The strategy has been shaped through engagements beyond the NCC and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, including consultations with the Federal Ministry of Education and TETFund, the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI).
The new leadership is expected to provide strategic direction as DBI advances reforms aimed at positioning the Institute for the next phase of growth in Nigeria’s rapidly expanding digital ecosystem.