The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), a digital union made up of Middle Eastern countries interested in collaborating to realize their collective digital potential, welcomed Nigeria ‘quietly’ in April, which caused a bit of uproar on the internet and whispers over the purpose of Nigeria’s participation in the Union, as the only sub-Saharan African nation. Earlier this Month, the DCO revealed in a Twitter statement that Ministers and representatives met to discuss the aims and ambitions of DCO member states and non-member partners and to lay the foundations for effective collaboration. Nigeria joined the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the union which aims to