The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has engaged TrustTAMP, a NASDAQ-listed global technology company specialized in privacy, digital identity, and trust services, to explore potential collaboration opportunities within Nigeria’s digital ecosystem.
The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, held a strategic meeting with the company’s delegation, led by Senior Advisor Jean-Claude Gallea and Vice President Jonathan Pasha. The team highlighted TrustTAMP’s adaptive, partnership-driven approach and disclosed its existing footprint in Nigeria through collaboration with a major telecommunications provider on SIM swap prevention and fraud detection initiatives.
During the presentation, the company showcased its core biometric tokenisation technology a one-way, privacy-preserving transformation process that enables secure and verifiable digital identity without storing raw biometric data. According to the firm, the solution created a resilient trust layer designed to resist fraud, duplication, and emerging quantum threats, while also functioning effectively in offline and low-spec device environments.
TrustTAMP further outlined a broad range of applications for its technology, including digital identity verification, zero-knowledge proofs, tokenisation of real-world assets such as minerals and property, fraud mitigation, and the financial inclusion of participants in the informal economy. The company noted that its solutions have been deployed in partnership with Mastercard’s Community Pass, major U.S. banks, as well as the U.S. and Mexican governments, and are compliant with GDPR, SOC 2, and global data ethics standards.
Responding, Inuwa welcomed the presentation, noted that the proposal aligned with NITDA’s strategic focus on cybersecurity and digital trust. He, however, sought clarification on the company’s business model, whether the solution is open or proprietary, its integration with Nigeria’s national digital identity framework managed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), and safeguards to ensure private-sector-led innovation without market dominance.
Both parties agreed to proceed with deeper technical engagements involving NITDA’s specialists to evaluate potential areas of collaboration. The agency reiterated its commitment to fostering an enabling regulatory and policy environment that supports trustworthy, investment-friendly digital infrastructure rather than endorsing specific vendors.
The engagement underscored Nigeria’s continued openness to strategic private-sector partnerships aimed at strengthening digital trust, expanding financial inclusion, and unlocking new economic opportunities for citizens.
