Business

Seplat JV STEP Graduates 358 Teachers in Edo, Delta States

The NNPC E&P Limited/ Seplat Energy Joint Venture (JV) has graduated 331 teachers and 27 Chief Inspectors of Education (CIE) at the 2024 edition of the Seplat JV Education Summit and Seplat Teachers Empowerment Programme (STEP) graduation ceremony for Edo and Delta states. The events, held in Benin City, are hinged on the Joint Venture’s […]

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We Want to Make Nigeria Exporter of Tech Talents, Says Minister

The overall target of one of the flagship programmes of the Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy is to create jobs for the teeming Nigerian youths. The Minister, Dr Bosun Tijani, said that the programme which is geared towards training three million technical talents in four years,  is to make Nigeria a net exporter […]

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Business

Government Plans MoU with Stakeholders to End Menace of Tech Hub Monopoly by Universities 

The recurring challenge of monopoly of tech hubs by some facilities in Universities in Nigeria has become an issue of concern to stakeholders in the ecosystem, and as such the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is considering an MoU that would sort the issue out. According to the Director General of NITDA, Mr Kashifu […]

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Business

Expert Hypes on eCommerce Impact on SMEs Business Growth, Lauds Ecobank’s  MySME Initiative 

Operators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country need to leverage on eCommerce to boost sales and grow their business.  This view was canvassed by Chief Commercial Officer, Jumia Nigeria, Ijeoma Arum,  in her presentation titled: Growing your business, presented at the maiden edition of Ecobank Nigeria’s MySME Growth Series. The MySME Growth Series is an […]

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Business

Moniepoint, NITHub Unilag Open Application for HatchDev Programme  

Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s digital financial services provider, in collaboration with NITHub Unilag, have announced a call for applicants into the second cohort of the highly competitive HatchDev programme. This initiative, aimed at nurturing the next generation of market-ready software engineers, has received widespread recognition for its impactful contribution in helping to bridge the skilled tech […]

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NITDA Assures Startups of Government Support, Pledges Resources for AI in Nigeria

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has pledged the government’s continued commitment to supporting starting startups in the country with necessary resources and initiatives in advancing the research of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the country. Director General of the Kashifu Inuwa made this known at the Innovate Nigeria 2024 Conference & Expo in Lagos […]

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Business

Future Africa Unveils 2nd Edition of Accelerate Africa Targeting Digital Solution by Early-Stage Startupss

Early-stage African start-ups that have created digital solutions aimed to resolve to societal challenges are invited to apply for the second edition of Accelerate Africa, which aims to help start-ups with development support and fundraising. Run in partnership with business development organisations, Future Africa and Prosper Africa, Accelerate Africa is an eight-week programme aimed to […]

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Business

Ecobank Nigeria Launches MySME Growth Series, Pledges to Empower Over One Million SMEs

Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, the pan-African bank has launched an innovative training program targeted at empowering operators of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Through the initiative, titled MySME Growth Series, the Bank will train over 1 million SME operators across the country in 2024.  Announcing the programme in Lagos, […]

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NITDA DG, Inuwa Flags-off N150m Prize Digital For All Challenge 2.0

The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, Mr Kashifu Inuwa has flagged-off the official launch of Digital For All Challenge 2.0, an initiative of TECH4DEV in partnership with NITDA and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This is an effort to foster digital literacy and cultivate talents and to achieve a 70% digital literacy rate […]

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Technology

NITDA Opens Application for Cohort 3 of Coursera Designed to Boost Nigeria’s Digital Economy

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in partnership with Coursera calls for application from interested Nigerians to apply for the Cohort 3 of Coursera courses. Coursera provides NITDA’s selected learners with access to world-class educational contents from top universities and industry leaders – including Yale, Meta, Google, and IBM. Coursera will support the Nigerian […]

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