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Vanguard reports, The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, is planning to team up with Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, to help start-ups create more jobs and wealth in Nigeria.
This was disclosed by the Director-General of NITDA, Mallam Inuwa Abdullahi when he paid a courtesy visit to the NSIA management with his management team recently.
Exchanging ideas on how to move the country forward, the two Federal agencies discussed areas of collaboration that will help in the provision of infrastructure to boost digital economy policy of the Federal Government.
Abdullahi stated that Information and Communications Technology has already taken over the world’s economies; hence there is a need for massive investment that will bring IT infrastructural development to the country.
He highlighted the importance of stimulating the IT industry through content localization, rather than importation from other countries, especially that the large population of Nigeria consist of young and brilliant innovators.
The DG noted that his team chose to visit NSIA for partnership particularly in the areas of investment on local content development.
“At NITDA, we have initiated number projects during lockdown that will go along the pandemic; COVID19 Innovation Challenge is one of them. Young innovators converged and came up with a technology solution that cushioned the effect of the COVID19.
“Furthermore, our National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture (NAVSA), an initiative to digitise our farming processes is yielding to a positive result. We have trained and equipped over 140 Nigerians who are already benefiting from the scheme. We are currently working to escalate it to every part of the country. If we work collectively, we can achieve a lot,” he said.
On his part, the Managing Director of NSIA, Mr Uche Orji, thanked the DG of NITDA for finding time to visit him particularly to discuss areas of partnership and collaboration.
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/09/nitda-teams-up-with-nsia-to-empower-start-ups/