30 results
- 14 Sept 2021
Ford, McArthur Foundations Raise $5M for Nigeria Youth Futures Fund
The Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation, have launched Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), a new $5,000,000 fund that will support and strengthen the youth leadership ecosystem in Nigeria. In…
- 10 Oct 2025
STEM Education Receives a Big Boost as Moniepoint Founder Launches Future Builders Fund to Support Nigeria’s Digital Economy Agenda
The Tosin Eniolorunda STEM Foundation has announced the launch of the Future Builders Fund, a scholarship initiative created to empower high-potential but under-resourced students across Nigeria.…
- 24 Feb 2023
The Youth of Nigeria and the 2023 General Election
By Ray Youssef, founder and CEO of Paxful, Nigeria’s 2023 General Election is just around the corner. While political parties are currently rounding up campaigns as the election draws close,…
- 11 Apr 2023
How Increased Access to STEM Education Can Curb Nigeria’s Teeming Youth Unemployment
With over 200 million people, Nigeria has the highest population on the continent, representing a large market for services, investments, knowledge, human capital and more. The country also boasts an…
- 12 Feb 2016
Future of Nigeria’s Economy Lies on Software Technology- Systemspecs
Nigeria has the capacity to influence the global software technology landscape and reap the huge attendant benefits if the government makes a conscious effort to actualise the prosperous future that…
- 5 May 2021
Coca-Cola Supports Financial Inclusion of Over 20,000 Women and Youth in Nigeria through Special Intervention Program
Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited in partnership with Whitefield Foundation has empowered over 20,000 individuals with business skills across the 36 states of Nigeria through the Special Intervention Program…
- 11 Aug 2025
Why Youth Engagement is Nigeria's Agricultural Imperative
By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, Foodstuff Store Nigeria stands at a critical juncture, faced with a demographic reality that is both its greatest asset and a significant challenge. With a…
- 16 Nov 2018
IBM Earmarks N9bn for Youth Empowerment in Nigeria, Others
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is to spend 25 million dollars (about N9 billion) in Nigeria and some other African countries for youth empowerment in the next few years. Ms…
- 10 Jul 2016
Alternative Plan: How FG Can Use Social Intervention Fund to Accelerate Nigeria
It occurred to me that this current administration has only four years to make good on its agenda of CHANGE. With over 1 year of that time spent already, the results so far did not look like the job…
- 3 Dec 2023
DG NITDA Urges Japan Government to Leverage Nigeria’s Youthful Poplation
As part of the current administration of President Bola Tinubu's commitment towards creating meaningful opportunities for Nigerian youths, the Director General Of the National Information Technology…
- 2 Apr 2015
50 Youths to Benefit from N220Bn MSME Fund
50 youths has been identified as beneficiaries of the N220 billion set aside for Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). To ensure this, government recently…
- 11 Jun 2013
Nigerian Youths, Technology & the Future
In this digital age, the backbone of every economy is hinged on Technology with entrepreneurship driving the growth of the entire system. We see Technology powering every facet of human endeavor,…
- 23 Nov 2022
IYF, Google.Org Partner to Empower Youths with Digital & Entrepreneurial Skills in Nigeria, South Africa & Kenya
International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Google.org have joined hands to provide young individuals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria with digital and entrepreneurial skills to enable them secure…
- 2 Nov 2020
FG Rewards 12 Winners of 60-Day App Challenge
Federal government has rewarded 12 youths who won the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development 60-day App Challenge. Sunday Dare, minister of Youth and Sports Development 10 of the youths…
- 17 Jul 2026
Foundations Launch Youth Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme
FATE Foundation, with funding from the Citi Foundation, has launched the Youth Entrepreneurship Incubation Programme to equip young people in Nigeria with financial literacy and entrepreneurship…
- 9 Dec 2025
FG to Use Digital Economy Initiatives to Curb Corruption Among Youth
Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has said that Federal Government is intensifying its use of digital-economy initiatives to curb corruption among…
- 26 Aug 2024
MTN Nigeria, WWF Kickoff 2024 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge
MTN Nigeria and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local partner Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), have announced the kick-off of the Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge. This initiative…
- 2 Sept 2025
MTN Nigeria, WWF/NCF, and UNDP Launch 2025 PachiPanda Challenge to Drive Youth-Led Environmental Innovation
In a bold move to tackle Nigeria’s pressing environmental challenges, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, in partnership with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Nigerian Conservation Foundation…
- 10 Mar 2022
DMSI Tackles Unemployment by Giving Young Women a Voice in the Digital Economy
Digital Marketing Skill Institute (DMSI) a global digital marketing edutech company that uses digital technologies to accelerate the development of digital marketing talents while matching them with…
- 19 Dec 2021
Ekeh, Zinox Boss, Donates N50m to NCS Innovation & Development Fund
Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman, Zinox Group and Serial digital entrepreneur, has donated the sum of N50m to an Innovation and Development Fund set up by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). Leo Stan Ekeh,…
- 16 Sept 2021
Releaf Secures $4.2M in Seed Funding, Grants to Drive Industrialization of Food Processing
Releaf, an agtech start-up that develops proprietary hardware and software solutions that makes African farmers and food factories more efficient and profitable, has raised $2.7 million seed funding…
- 26 Nov 2024
Empowering Youth: Highlights from Meta's First Youth Summit in Lagos
Meta recently hosted its first Youth Summit in Lagos, Nigeria, bringing together over 200 young professionals, students, recent graduates, creatives, tech enthusiasts and aspiring entrepreneurs. A…
- 14 Apr 2013
Etisalat to Raise $500m in Fresh Debt Funding
Etisalat Nigeria has confirmed plans to raise $500 million in fresh debt financing from local banks to fund network expansion. Wael Ammar, chief commerical officer, told Reuters that the network…
- 20 Jun 2014
FG To Receive $227m Abacha Loot Next Week
Federal government will next week receive $227 million from the government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, part of looted funds recovered from the Abacha family. To ensure proper utilisation of…
- 17 Jun 2025
Lagos Future Conference 2025: Stakeholders Call for Digital Responsibility and Grassroots Innovation
The Lagos Future Conference 2025, themed ‘Future-Forward – Harnessing the Power of Youth, Innovation, and Technology for National Economic Growth,’ concluded last week with a resounding call for both…
- 16 May 2019
LSETF Partners IBM To Enhance Digital Skills Of Lagos Youths
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) through its technology-driven programme, ‘Lagos Innovates’, has in partnership with IBM, and leading wireless infrastructure provider, ATC Nigeria,…
- 14 May 2018
Breakthrough in Education Funding could help Over 8million Nigerian Children- Education Commission
.Youth activists deliver petition with 1.5 million signatures calling for the biggest global investment in education history .United Nations Secretary-General, World Bank, and Regional Development…
- 8 Mar 2026
First Batch of Nigerian Undergraduates Emerged in Airtel Africa Foundation Scholarships Programme
Airtel Africa Foundation has inducted the first Nigerian cohort of the Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship that offers fully paid scholarships for students pursuing undergraduate courses in science,…
- 8 Dec 2025
MTN Nigeria Announces Winners of the 2025 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge
MTN Nigeria has announced the winners of the 2025 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge, a national innovation programme delivered in partnership with Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local…
- 16 Jun 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Completes Year One Scholarship Disbursement for 100 Tech Scholars in Nigeria
The Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has completed the disbursement of first year funding to the first cohort of 100 beneficiaries under its flagship Airtel Africa Tech Fellowship…