INDUSTRY stakeholders will, on May 27 in Lagos, gather to discuss the future of cloud hosting service in Nigeria. The gathering will be at the instance of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA). The event has received backing from the nation’s information technology regulator, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); Cloud services operator, Cloudflex and premier data center operator, Rackcenter. The forum will be chaired by the Chief Executive Officer, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Muhammed Rudman, has its theme as: “Achieving 30 per cent Growth In Local Cloud Hosting By 2024,” and will x-ray growth potentials, challenges and benefits of hosting Cloud services and data centers locally. It will also look at policies and regulation around the sub-sector.