At the National Students Security Summit 2022, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Pantami highlighted the potential of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Quantum Computing, Augmented Reality, Internet of Things and Robotics in combating insecurity and enhancing economic developments in Nigeria. Blockchain is a shared, immutable ledger that makes it easier to record transactions and track assets in a business network. It is a new technology stacked with ‘digital trust’ that is revolutionizing the way we exchange value and information across the internet by eliminating the ‘gatekeepers’. Blockchain is ideal for delivering information because it provides immediate, shared, and completely transparent information stored on an unalterable ledger that can be accessed only by permitted network members.
