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- 31 Mar 2017
$500,000 Rockefeller Foundation ‘Cassava Innovation’ Grant to NRI, FUNAAB
The Rockefeller Foundation, Dalberg and IITA have announced the results of the Cassava Innovation Challenge, launched last year to uncover novel solutions for increasing cassava shelf life in Nigeria…
- 26 May 2016
100 Resilient Cities: Rockefeller Foundation Announce Lagos New Member
Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos Executive Governor, welcomed an announcement on Thursday from 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) — Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, selecting Lagos to join the 100RC…
- 6 Jun 2018
AfDB, Microsoft, Others Launch Coding for Employment Program
The African Development Bank, together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook – launched the Coding for Employment Program at the African Innovation Summit in Kigali,…
- 8 Feb 2017
Ambode, 100RC Kick-off Workshop with Key Officials to Launch ‘Resilient Lagos’
100 Resilient Cities (100RC)- pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation, and dedicated to building urban resilience in 100 cities around the world, has commenced workshop that brings together key…
- 22 Mar 2026
Rockefeller, Global Energy Alliance Cross $100 million Mark in Africa Electrification Push
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet have crossed the $100 million threshold in funding for Mission 300, the World Bank and African Development Bank’s…
- 14 May 2013
Boosting Youth Employment through Digital Jobs
The announcement by the Rockefeller Foundation of an initiative to create jobs in Africa focusing on the digital field has been lauded as an important strategy by Jack Leslie, chairperson of Weber…
- 30 Nov 2015
Lagos Trains 1000 Unemployed Youth on ICT
Lagos State Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, has trained about 1000 unemployed youths in the State…
- 15 Feb 2017
Lagos’ 100RC Recognition Great for Tourism- Ambode
Sometime in May of 2016, Lagos State, alongside Enugu State and hundreds of other cities around the world was nominated by the Rockefeller Foundation in the 100 Resilient Cities project. The project…
- 29 Nov 2022
Seedstars Launches Platform to Develop Emerging, Diverse VC Managers
Seedstars officially launches Seedstars Capital, its investment platform for emerging venture capital (VC) fund managers with the support of xMultiplied, a Swiss based investment holding company. The…
- 15 Jul 2015
“Convergence” Financing Initiative Gets Partners’ Approval
A new global initiative called Convergence was announced on Wednesday, which has the backing of a range of public, private, and philanthropic actors and the potential to unlock billions of dollars…
- 5 Mar 2019
AfDB, Partners Flag off ‘Coding for Employment’ Programme
More young people and students across Africa and in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous economy, are becoming computer literate, with coding and digital skills training, under the “Coding for Employment”…
- 27 Jan 2025
AfDB, World Bank Collaborate to Transform Africa’s Energy Access, Connect 300 million by 2030
Connecting 300 million Africans to electricity within the next five years is within reach through collaborative effort and commitment to implementation, participants at the Africa Energy Summit in…
- 3 Dec 2019
AfDB Launches Digital Tool to Help African Youth Learn to Code
The African Development Bank and technology firm Microsoft yesterday launched the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform, an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth,…
- 7 Oct 2020
Microsoft, AfDB and FG Partner to Launch Digital Nigeria eLearning Platform
Microsoft in partnership with African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy have launched the Digital Nigeria eLearning Platform, an online tool to provide…
- 15 Aug 2021
AfDB Coding for Employment Program Marks Milestone with 130,000 Users Across Africa
On International Youth Day, the African Development Bank announces the enrolment of 130,000 users in its Coding for Employment digital skills program. The milestone comes as Coding for Employment…
- 27 Aug 2021
Facebook Becomes Member of Digital Identity Alliance
Social media giant Facebook has joined the ID2020 Alliance, in an effort to learn and build on standards for digital identity (ID) that are secure and privacy-centric. The ID2020 Alliance is a global…
- 30 Nov 2009
Meet the Judges of The Entrepreneur TV
The Entrepreneur TV show is an uncommon TV show that offers ordinary Nigerian micro-entrepreneurs with brilliant ideas the opportunity to have access to micro-finance to start-up or aid their…
- 20 Jun 2023
NITDA Collaborates with PAN Africa Female Youth Initiative on Digital Literacy
National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, is expanding its collaboration tentacles to strengthen digital inclusiveness through a partnership with the Pan African Female Youth…
- 29 Aug 2019
AfDB Spends $2Bn to Train African Scientists
African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it has committed $2 billion to the education and training of six million science students in Africa from 2005 to date. A statement by the bank’s Communication…
- 13 Apr 2016
Google to Train 1m Africans Via Digifyafrica.com, Offline Platform
Google has rolled out programmes greard towards bridging the digital skills and gaps in Africa with the launch of digifyafrica.com platform. The global technology giant announced on Tuesday the…