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Punch Newspapers Sections Temiloluwa O’Peters Temiloluwa O’Peters Published 16 March 2021 The United Kingdom government has committed to supporting Nigeria in providing digital access to underserved and unserved communities and closing the digital divide in the country. This was discussed in a conference facilitated by the UK’s Digital Access Programme on ‘Digital Inclusion for underserved and unserved communities and Persons Living with Disabilities’ in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Nigerian Communications Commission on Thursday. In...

The United Kingdom (UK) government has declared its commitment to support Nigeria in its inclusive digital economic agenda to promote the growth of technology ecosystem and close the digital divide in the country. This move was made known, yesterday, when the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the UK’s Digital Access Programme facilitated a ‘technical conference on digital inclusion for underserved/unserved communities and Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs)’ In his opening remarks, British Deputy High Commissioner to Ni...

  The United Kingdom has restated its commitment to supporting the Federal Government in its inclusive digital economic agenda to promote the growth of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem and close the digital divide in the country. The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, OBE, stated this on Thursday in Lagos during a virtual technical conference facilitated by the UK’s Digital Access Programme on Digital Inclusion for Underserved/Unserved Communities and Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWDs). “As our fight against the pandemic goes on, our focus is on supporting ...

1 February 2021 The UK Government, in partnership with the Future Females Business School through the International Tech Hub Network, will support 50 female entrepreneurs to grow their tech-based businesses in Brazil Applications are officially open for the Future Females Business School, an initiative offered by the British Government in Brazil through the International Tech Hub Network. The programme will support 50 Brazilian female founders of tech-based enterprises to start, grow, scale, and become more sustainable, promoting positive social, economic or environmental impact. The ...

Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev), and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have signed a resilience training agreement to carry out basic digital literacy for rural clusters in the north. This is in efforts to empower vulnerable groups in rural clusters in Northern Nigeria with the digital skills required for the future of work and advanced learning for the 21st century. x The programme is meant to introduce learners in underserved communities and vulnerable groups in Northern Nigeria to digital literacy,...