The idea of a “Smart City (SC)” - with driverless cars, sustainable energy sources, Internet of Things (IoT), connected devices, etc. – may seem illusory to many parts of Nigeria due largely to absence of support infrastructure. However, there are plans by the Lagos State Government (LASG) in collaboration with its partners, Dubai Holdings LLC to “develop sustainable, smart, globally connected knowledge-based communities that drives a knowledge economy” across the State. In the same vein, leveraging the National Broadband Plan, Mainone using its infrastructure company (InfraCo) licence from the Nigerian Telecommunication Commission (NCC), has invested more than N25 billion in delivering fibre optic cable in Lagos State and ultimately across the country