30 results
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 3 Nov 2025
UK’S Mobilist Facilitates Secondary Sale of Listed Shares in InfraCredit
The UK’s Mobilist programme has successfully traded its investment in Nigerian credit guarantee company InfraCredit to five Nigerian pension funds, thereby helping to mobilise more local…
- 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…
- 23 Aug 2022
Pantami Applauds ICT's 17.92% Contributions to GDP
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has applauded consistent growth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) contributions to the nation's Gross…
- 29 Jan 2021
Carnegie Endowment Report Shows How Over £30M Illicit Financial Flows from Nigeria to UK Education Sector
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report, commissioned by the UK Government, spotlights risks of illicit financial flows to UK education sector On Thursday 28 January 2021, the Carnegie…
- 8 Aug 2024
GSMA Highlights Nigeria’s AI-driven Path to Economic Growth and Climate Impact
The GSMA has identified Nigeria as a pivotal player in the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) for driving socio-economic progress and climate impact in its new report, “AI for Africa: Use…
- 31 Mar 2022
UK Backs Africa’s Ambitious Continental Free Trade Initiative
The UK launches a program of up to £35 million to support the negotiations and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The AfCTFA is expected to lift 30 million people out…
- 25 Jan 2023
Nigeria to Benefit from Duty Free Trade on 99% of Goods Exported to the UK
UK government on Wednesday said it had cut tariffs and extended duty free trade in goods exported from Nigeria UK Deputy High Commisisoner, giving the keynote address today in Lagos Mr Ben…
- 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…
- 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…
- 4 Mar 2024
UK’s New Tech Entrepreneurs Funding to Boost Livelihoods in the World’s Developing Countries
New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in developing countries around the world, Development Minister Andrew Mitchell has announced. Harnessing AI technology to…
- 4 Mar 2024
How New UK Funding for Tech Entrepreneurs will Boost Livelihoods in Developing Countries
Andrew Mitchell, UK's Development Minister has announced new UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in developing countries around the world. He noted that…
- 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…
- 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…
- 10 Feb 2025
GSMA Launches Innovation Fund to Boost AI Solutions in Emerging Markets
GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI has been unveiled, marking a significant initiative aimed at empowering small and growing enterprises in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) across Africa,…
- 16 May 2025
African Women Hit Hardest as Mobile Internet Gender Gap Persists
African women remain among the most digitally excluded globally, with smartphone affordability and digital literacy among the key barriers. New data from the 2025 GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report,…
- 12 Nov 2025
UK Launches Phase Two of Nigeria–UK PACT Fund to Boost Clean Energy and Climate Action
United Kingdom has officially launched Phase Two of the Nigeria–UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) Fund, unveiling a new package of support aimed at powering Nigeria’s clean…
- 16 Jun 2026
UK Appoints Peter Vowles as British High Commissioner to Nigeria
The UK Government has announced the appointment of Mr Peter Vowles as the next British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Mr Vowles succeeds Dr Richard Montgomery CMG and is…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 11 Mar 2021
Uk Pledges to Support Nigeria Deliver Affordable, Safe and Secure Digital Access to Underserved & Unserved Coomunities
The UK Government has pledged to support Nigeria in its inclusive digital economic agenda to promote the growth of the Nigeria tech ecosystem and close the digital divide in Nigeria. They made this…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…