Nigeria’s internet boom opens jobs beyond coding, IXPN tells students

The rapid growth of Nigeria’s digital economy is creating career opportunities far beyond software development and coding, with experts urging university students to look beyond traditional computing careers and explore the growing internet infrastructure industry.
The call was made by the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) at its Internet Infrastructure Discovery Programme held at the MUSON Centre, Wednesday, in Lagos as part of activities marking the organisation’s 20th anniversary.
IXPN pioneer Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Rudman told students that the internet they use every day is supported by a complex infrastructure involving fibre-optic networks, mobile communicatio...