FG to kickstart $617.7m investment in digital, creative enterprises in Nov

  • 📰 DailyPostNGR
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 25 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 13%
  • Publisher: 59%

Nigeria News News

Nigeria Nigeria Latest News,Nigeria Nigeria Headlines

Vice President Kashim Shettima has directed the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (i-DICE) team to ensure that the programme commences before the end of November. Shettima gave the direct

ive on Friday when the i-DICE team updated him on its progress at a meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said President Bola Tinubu’s administration was determined to deliver on its promise to create millions of jobs in the technology space in Nigeria, noting that the administration proposed November 2023 to launch the $617.7 million i-DICE Investment programme.

“The peculiarity of the challenges we face in the country demands that we have to create jobs for our teeming youths to address the crises associated with youth unemployment. “I want to appeal to all of us here to unite and see that this programme takes off latest by the end of November this year. “I am interested in getting a weekly update on what is being done to kick-start this programme. “We also need to spread out to cover the whole country so that there is inclusivity.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 11. in NG

Nigeria Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

FG to launch $617m investment in digital creative enterprises programmeThe federal government has proposed to launch the $617 million investment in digital and creative enterprises (i-DICE) by November.
Source: vanguardngrnews - 🏆 5. / 75 Read more »