Impact at Galaxy Backbone

Building the backbone of a digital nation

Under the Integrated Digital Transformation Strategy (2023–2028), his team has repositioned Galaxy Backbone as one of Nigeria's most strategic digital institutions — earning more than twenty industry awards in two years.

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federal professionals on GovMail

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states reached by fibre infrastructure

underserved LGAs connected so far
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underserved LGAs connected so far

industry awards in two years
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industry awards in two years

Flagship initiatives

Six programmes, one strategy

01

1Government Cloud

Optimised and expanded Nigeria's sovereign government cloud, hosting critical systems for ministries, departments and agencies while advancing national data sovereignty.

02

GovMail

Launched a locally-developed secure email platform now serving over 100,000 federal government professionals.

03

Project 774

Extending broadband connectivity to underserved Local Government Areas — nine LGAs connected and counting, on the road to all 774.

04

Fibre-to-Hostel

Delivered campus connectivity projects at the University of Lagos, University of Abuja and University of Jos, bringing students onto the national backbone.

05

Cybersecurity & SOC

Strengthened national cyber resilience with 24/7 security monitoring, ISO recertification and an Integrated Management System.

06

IDTS 2023 — 2028

Launched the Integrated Digital Transformation Strategy and a Government-as-a-Platform framework, with strategic partnerships including WIOCC to deepen the national fibre backbone.

Prof. Ibrahim Adeyanju with Galaxy Backbone's top management team

Prof. Adeyanju with Galaxy Backbone's executive management team.

Government-as-a-Platform

A sovereign digital foundation

From the WIOCC partnership deepening the national fibre backbone, to 24/7 security operations, ISO recertification and an Integrated Management System — the strategy treats government digital infrastructure as a platform every ministry, department and agency can build on.

The result: data sovereignty advanced, planned data centres across Nigeria's geopolitical zones, and connectivity reaching from federal secretariats to university hostels.

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