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- 12 Feb 2023
NCC Commits to Developing Digital Skills for Realization of Digital Economy
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its commitment to developing digital literacy skills required for the realization of full digital economy in Nigeria. Mrs. Freda Bruce-Bennett,…
- 23 Jul 2024
Imo State Partners Digital SME to Launch Digital Skills Development Initiative
The Imo State Government and DIGITAL SME have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a digital skills development initiative aimed at enhancing the state’s digital economy. This partnership…
- 25 Apr 2025
MTN Foundation Launches Skills Academy to Bridge Nigeria’s Digital Skills Gap
MTN Foundation has officially launched its Skills Academy, a transformative digital learning platform designed to empower millions of Nigerians with access to digital and financial skills essential…
- 11 Apr 2023
Ericsson, Smart Africa Digital Academy Boost Digital Skills Across Africa
Ericsson and Smart Africa Digital Academy announce the digital upskilling of 100 policy makers and regulators across 19 African countries on the topics of emerging technologies to promote and boost…
- 28 Jun 2019
Google kicks off Digital Skills For Africa program in Aba
Google Nigeria has launched the Digital Skills for Africa program in Aba and other local communities in Abia State. The announcement was made at a press conference held at the Eldorado Hotel…
- 13 Sept 2019
Cisco, ITU Partner to Boost Digital Skills in Africa
Global networking solutions giant Cisco and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have joined forces to tackle the digital skills gap, and Africa has been named as one of regions in which…
- 7 Dec 2020
Innovation Growth Hub empowers 2,000 youths with Digital Skills
Digital skills is believed to be one of the transformational skills that individuals need to acquire as the work culture continues to shift towards a situation where interactions with algorithms and…
- 17 May 2023
inq. Digital Demonstrates Commitment to Empowering Girls in Digital Skills Acquisition
inq. Digital Nigeria Limited, a leading Cloud and Digital solutions provider specialising in Edge AI and IoT, Fabric for Cloud Connectivity and Data Center Connectivity, SDN/NFV solutions for Edge…
- 27 Jan 2025
DBI Partners US based SBTS Group to Equip Nigerian Youth with Digital Skills
In a move to create thousands of job opportunities within and outside Nigeria, the Digital Bridge Institute has entered into a transformative partnership with a United States based SBTS Group LLC to…
- 1 Aug 2016
Livity Africa Offers Free Digital Skill Training for Youths
Livity Africa delivers free digital marketing skills training to Nigerians of different socio-economic classes in line with the country’s vision to equip its youths with digital skills to enhance…
- 22 Jul 2026
NITDA Seeks Digitally Skilled Workforce to Drive Public Sector Innovation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reiterated the need for a digitally skilled public sector workforce, saying the success of government reforms and the adoption of…
- 27 Oct 2025
Airtel Africa Foundation Partners ITU, RISA & Cisco to Boost Digital Skills Development in Rwanda
Airtel Africa Foundation has partnered on a Joint Initiative with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA) and Cisco on capacity and digital skills…
- 4 Apr 2017
Impact of Digital Skills in Africa
In spite of the giant stride in the evolution on innovations of web-based businesses, etc., in the technology ecosystem in Africa, the impact of digital skills is still very low due to many…
- 19 Feb 2026
NITDA, HORSA Empower Lawmakers’ Spouses with Digital Skill
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in partnership with the House of Representatives Spouses Association (HORSA), organized a specialized two‑day digital literacy and…
- 27 Mar 2024
AXA Mansard Empowers Female SMEs with Financial, Digital Skills
AXA Mansard, a member of AXA has empowered 200 female Small and Medium Enterprises with financial literacy and digital business skills. In collaboration with SME 100 Africa, the two-day training,…
- 11 Jan 2022
Digital Training: NITDA Sets to Empower PLWDs from South-South with Digital Skills and Entrepreneurship Program
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says that it has concluded plans to empower people living with disabilities (PLWDs) in South-South region with 5-day training program on…
- 12 Dec 2021
Cybersafe Foundation to Train 2,400 Girls in Digital Skills
Cybersafe Foundation, a cybersecurity awareness creator has unveiled the DigiGirls Project, enabled by the commitment and funding from the UK Government. This is aimed at lowering the digital gender…
- 16 May 2025
NITDA, CISCO Empower Youth with Digital Skills
Fifty selected young unemployed Nigerians have completed a four-week intensive digital skills bootcamp under the Digital Literacy for All (DL4ALL) initiative, gaining practical training in Data…
- 29 May 2016
Google Partners Lagos on Digital Skill Training
Google is collaborating with Lagos State government to provide digital skills training for 50,000 students of Lagos State tertiary institutions. Mr Obafela Bank-Olemoh, special adviser on…
- 12 Dec 2023
Ondo Govt Urged to Equip Citizens with Digital Skill, Infrastructure
Ondo State Government has been enjoined to equip its people with digital skills and provide them with digital infrastructure to enable them establish innovation driven enterprises in the state and…
- 29 Jun 2022
Digital Skills: Pantami Commends NITDA, CISCO for Supporting Academic Institutions
Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantam), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has applauded National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and CISCO Network Academy for their efforts in…
- 24 Dec 2024
Firm Partners Access Bank to Train Youths in Digital Skills
NerdzFactory Foundation in collaboration with the Access Bank, has trained over 518 youths in digital skills. The two weeks virtual training, Youth Transition Program (YTP) 5.0, was meant to equip…
- 3 Jul 2023
NYSC Commend Polaris Bank, Nerdzfactory for empowering Corpers with Digital Skills
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) commends Polaris Bank and Nerdzfactory for their remarkable efforts in empowering Nigerian corps members with essential digital skills through the Digicorper…
- 23 Nov 2022
DG NITDA Calls for ICT-Academia Partnership to Empower Nigerian Students with Digital Skills
The need for Nigeria to deepen Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) – Academia partnership has again been emphasised by Kashifu Inuwa, the Director-General, National Information…
- 8 Mar 2021
NITDA Commences Specialised Digital Literacy and Skills Training Programme
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line Digital Literacy and Skills pillar of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, commences the…
- 21 Feb 2023
FG Rallies Multinationals, Private Stakeholders in Boosting Nation’s Digital Skills
In its continued effort at maximising socio-economic opportunities and target of achieving 95% digital literacy penetration by the year 2030 in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria through…
- 17 Jan 2022
FG Applauds NCC's Commitment to Enhancing Digital Skill in Youths
The Federal Government has applauded the commitment and dedication of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) towards enhancing digital skills development among youths, through implementation of…
- 5 Oct 2018
IBM, Kaduna Govt. to Train 1m Residents on Digital Skills
An American Multinational Information Technology Company, IBM on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kaduna State Government to train one million residents in the state on digital…
- 24 Jul 2020
NITDA Empowers PLWD in Kano with Digital Skill
As part of effort to make digital literacy all inclusive, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA on Friday completed the training for 30 persons living with various forms of…
- 24 Mar 2023
Soludo Inks Mou with Microsoft and Wootlab to Train 20,000 Youths on Digital Skills
Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Governor of Anambra State, has launched Solution Innovation District, (SID); the innovation and business incubation program of the State, starting with the Anambra…