*Calls for Digital Connectivity to Close Education Divide The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) through the Digital Access Programme earlier in 2021 provided a grant to a non-governmental organisation, Aid for Rural Education Access initiative (AREAi), towards promoting community-based initiatives to enable students from low-income families access remote learning materials, digital education resources options and digital opportunities. FCDO explained that the core of the collaboration is premised on ensuring children in low-income rural clusters have access to quality education through equal access to digital learning. The Education Digital Equity Initiative closed out with a National Digital Equity Focus Group Session on Wednesday July 7th, 2021 with key stakeholders in attendance from Internet Service Providers, Mobile Network Operators, Federal Ministry of Education, Development Practitioners and Civil Society Organisations.