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- 24 Mar 2025
FG, UK FCDO, and Ghana Partner to Launch Sankore
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology (FMIST) and Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science & Technology…
- 24 Jan 2021
Cybersafe Foundation, UK Govt help vulnerable groups, SMEs upskill on cybersecurity
CyberSafe Foundation, a leading non-governmental organization in the information security ecosystem in Nigeria, and its partners – Foreign CommonWealth & Development Office (FCDO), have hit the…
- 30 Jan 2025
GSMA Launches New Innovation Fund for Startups in Africa, Others
The GSMA, in partnership with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has launched the GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI , to empower small and growing enterprises in…
- 11 Dec 2023
GSMA Launches Its Newest Innovation Fund to Address Humanitarian Challenges
The GSMA yesterday announced the launch of its newest GSMA Innovation Fund, in partnership with the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), to address humanitarian challenges. The…
- 16 Mar 2025
Bridging Nigeria's Digital Divide: ITU and UK-FCDO Fuel Rural Connectivity Revolution
Mr. Yomi Arowosafe, Secretary of the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has commended the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the…
- 10 Aug 2021
Lamide Johnson Joins KTN Global Alliance Africa as Country Lead
Lamide Johnson has joined the KTN Global Alliance Africa as Country Lead (Nigeria). Lamide Johnson This is a six-year pioneer project co-funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…
- 25 May 2025
Nigeria Launches Cybercrime Team with Commonwealth, UK Support
Nigeria recently launched a new joint case team to step up its response to cybercrimes that affect people and businesses at home and abroad. The ‘Joint Case Team on Cybercrime’ brings together…
- 28 Mar 2021
AfCFTA: Free Trade Bloc can be a Game Changer for African People, Business
Exploring strategies to deepen private sector participation in the implementation African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was the highlight of a panel session during the 2021 WTO Aid-for-Trade…
- 21 Jul 2021
TETFund Joins the Science Granting Councils Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa
The UK’s West Africa Research and Innovation Hub, has facilitated the joining of Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) into the membership of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in…
- 19 Oct 2022
95% of the World Now Covered by Mobile Broadband Networks - GSMA Research
Ensuring people are able to use mobile internet, rather than focusing purely on network coverage, is the key to driving digital inclusion for 3.2 billion people worldwide, according to statistics…
- 23 Oct 2024
GSMA Report Shows Barriers for 3.45B Unconnected People Remain as Mobile Internet Connectivity Continues to Grow
The benefits of mobile connectivity have yet to be fully realised as 43% of the global population – equivalent to 3.45 billion people – still do not use mobile internet, according to the latest…
- 2 Jun 2023
GSMA Report Reveals 100M Women Per Year Will Need to Adopt Mobile Internet to Close the Gender Gap by 2030
Over 800 million women will need to adopt mobile internet in order to close the digital gender gap by 2030 across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the latest Mobile Gender Gap…
- 19 Jan 2021
Tech4Dev Partners FCDO on Digital Literacy Training in Northern Nigeria
As part of the efforts to empower vulnerable groups in rural clusters in Northern Nigeria with the digital skillset required for the future of work and advanced learnings for the 21st century in…
- 9 Nov 2021
FG Mulls ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ to Tackle Hunger
Federal government is considering an ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ initiative to encourage the establishment of urban farms and small home gardens across the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
- 23 Apr 2023
AfDB, ILX sign Partnership to Mobilize European Institutional Capital for Sustainable Projects Across Africa
The African Development Bank and ILX Management B.V. (ILX) signed a partnership agreement to scale up investments and spur institutional investor capital mobilization for Sustainable Development…
- 14 Mar 2025
FG Seeks Stakeholders’ Collaboration to Bridge Digital Gap
The Federal Government has called for collaboration among stakeholders to bridge the digital divide in Nigeria, as it launches a series of flagship projects aimed at boosting digital inclusion.…
- 24 Jun 2021
Westa.Solar Establishes Footprint in Nigeria with First Deployment
RP Global, a leading renewable energy developer and investor, and OOLU, leader in energy access solutions in West Africa, announce the launch of Westa.Solar, a commercial & industrial (C&I)…
- 3 Jun 2021
EFInA Report says 51% of Nigerian Adults have Access to Financial Services
Efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria to drive financial inclusion across the nation is yielding result, as over 50 percent of Nigerian adults are using formal (regulated) financial services. This…
- 2 Jul 2026
UK Deepens Digital Partnership with Nigeria to Drive Inclusive Growth
The United Kingdom has announced expanded collaboration with Nigeria to accelerate the country’s digital economy through a package of initiatives delivered under the UK’s Digital Access Programme. At…
- 23 Dec 2025
AfDB Group Mobilises Global Private Capital to Close Africa’s Financing Gap
Building on the successful conclusion of the 17th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), which mobilised $11 billion for Africa’s most vulnerable countries, the African Development…
- 28 Jan 2024
NITDA, NGO to Empower 1m Nigerians with Digital Skills
Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev), a non-profit organization, in collaboration with the federal government, sponsored a digital skill competition called…
- 26 Jan 2024
DigitalForAllChallenge: DG NITDA Hails Initiative, Unravels Plan to Create Tech Clubs Across Nigeria
In alignment with the National Information Technology Development Agency's quest of achieving 70% digital literacy by 2027, and the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration, in transforming…
- 23 Mar 2025
Nigeria, Ghana Partner to Leverage Science, Technology for Development
Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, has emphasized the crucial role of Science, Technology, and Innovation (ST&I) in tackling national challenges and fostering economic…
- 13 Apr 2021
ScholarX Partners with Airtel to Launch Mobile Learning Platform
ScholarX Technologies Ltd., an EdTech start-up has announced a strategic partnership with leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, to launch LearnAM, a new mobile learning…
- 4 Dec 2020
GSMA Launches Framework to Improve Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the GSMA is launching the ‘Principles for Driving the Digital Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities’. The Principles aim to further…
- 29 Sept 2021
ITF Signs Agreement with UK Govt
Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom’s Skills for Prosperity- Nigeria (S4P-N) programme, a two-year UK Aid funded programme, to promote and institutionalize…
- 1 Jan 2021
COVID-19: UK Pledges £7m Aid to Families Hit by Hunger in Nigeria
Compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, humanitarian crises are getting worse according to UN data published earlier this month with 235 million people expected to be in need of urgent assistance in…
- 24 Mar 2025
Authorities Seize 1842 Devices in African-Wide Cybercrime Crackdown
Authorities in seven African countries have arrested 306 suspects and seized 1842 devices in a sweeping international operation targeting cyber-enabled fraud and scams. Dubbed Operation Red Card, the…
- 25 Jul 2024
ITU Ranks Nigeria High in Digital Transformation Readiness
A new report of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has ranked Nigeria very high at 71 per cent, in comparative legal, policy and governance frameworks towards G5 - advanced state of…
- 13 Oct 2023
Key Takeaways at the Just Concluded NIS 2023
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2023 which was held on October 6th, 2023 with the theme: Innovating for the Future, was successfully concluded with the participation of delegates and stakeholders across…