CloudReady Nigeria Financial Services Roundtable
Data Sovereignty, Cloud Compliance and the Future of Nigeria’s Financial Infrastructure
Wednesday, 7 October 2026 | 10:00 AM, WAT
Four Points by Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos
Invitation only | Limited seats
From policy to implementation
Nigeria’s new cloud, data-protection and sovereignty frameworks are changing how financial institutions store data, select cloud providers and manage critical workloads.
CloudReady Nigeria 2.0 is a private executive roundtable bringing regulators together with senior technology, risk, compliance and digital leaders from banking, fintech, payments, insurance, pensions and other financial services.
The discussion will examine the practical implications of the National Cloud Policy, National Sovereign Cloud Initiative, Nigeria Data Protection Act and related implementation requirements.
Key discussion areas
- Data residency and sovereign control
- Lawful cross-border data transfers
- Local, global and hybrid cloud adoption
- Cloud-provider certification and assurance
- Cybersecurity and operational resilience
- Infrastructure availability, performance and cost
- Regulatory guidance and implementation priorities
Questions the roundtable will address
- Which financial-sector data and workloads must remain in Nigeria?
- When is controlled cross-border processing permitted?
- What evidence should institutions require from cloud providers?
- How should boards balance compliance, security, resilience and cost?
- What further guidance is required from regulators?
Participants
The forum is designed for senior representatives from:
Banks, fintechs and payment companies
Insurance and insurtech companies
Pension funds and asset managers
NITDA, CBN, NDPC and other public institutions
Cloud, data-centre and cybersecurity providers
Industry associations and ecosystem partners
The programme will bring together leadership from:
National Information Technology Development Agency
Central Bank of Nigeria
Nigeria Data Protection Commission
Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation
National Insurance Commission
Financial institutions and technology providers
Expected outcomes
Participants will develop:
- A shared list of issues requiring regulatory clarification;
- Practical guidance on data residency and cloud-provider arrangements;
- Requirements for infrastructure providers serving regulated institutions; and
- A mechanism for continued regulator-industry engagement.
Speakers
Request an invitation
Attendance is complimentary but limited to 40 senior decision-makers. Registrations will be reviewed to maintain the appropriate balance of regulators, financial institutions and infrastructure providers.