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Nigeria's data localisation mandate needs more than a migration plan
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Fusion42 · 25 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Nigeria's Central Bank mandates that payment transaction data generated within Nigeria must be stored and managed domestically starting January 1, 2027, challenging banks and fintechs to map dataflows and sequence workload migration carefully to maintain operational resilience.
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You must start mapping payment data flows now to meet Nigeria's 2027 localisation deadline without risking outages or compliance failures. The directive forces you to rethink your architecture to balance local control with cloud flexibility.
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