Nigeria’s digital economy sees $4.4 billion investment in four years | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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Nigeria’s digital economy space has recorded over $4.4 billion investments as a result of strategic collaborations and programmes. The Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, disclosed this in Abuja

, at a stakeholders briefing organised by the Ministry of Women Affairs in commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day with the theme: ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality.”

According to him, “NITDA has over the years been implementing several strategic programmes and initiatives, which have seen an investment of $4.4 billion in the last four years.” He highlighted some of the key initiatives designed to support technology innovation including the Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation Support Scheme ; Idea Hatch ; Bridge to Mass Challenge Nigeria and MIT-REAP Abuja, which has translated into establishment of vibrant innovation ecosystem and creation of 33,500 direct and indirect jobs in 2020.

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