TECH DIGEST – The British Deputy High Commissioner, Mr. Ben Llewellyn Jones, has assured the Nigerian government of Britain’s commitment to supporting the country’s broadband agenda and transition to digital economy. Mr. Jones spoke this Monday in Abuja while visiting the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.

He said he was visiting to explore avenues of expanding existing collaborations and forging new partnerships with the ministry even as he commended Pantami for his digital economy drive, especially in the areas of broadband penetration and capacity building.

“I am here today to discuss how we can encourage more progress in the Right of Way (RoW) agreement in order to enhance broadband penetration and also to explore more areas of partnership with the digital access programmes,” said the High Commissioner to his host.

Pantami while thanking the British government for the support disclosed that the agreements reached with the Nigeria Governors Forum to peg the Right of Way (RoW) charge at a maximum of 145 Naira per linear meter was already in full effect in almost all states of the federation.

He encouraged the Commission to expand the Digital Access Programme to include more states in the country and therefore, extend the programme to more beneficiaries.

Pantami also assured the High Commissioner of the support and intervention of his office towards resolving any challenges inimical to broadband penetration in the country.

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TECH DIGEST – The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, an initiative of the UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has disclosed plans to support 30 female Nigerian green-tech entrepreneurs with 12 weeks of coaching sessions with industry experts.

The coaching session, which is part of its aim to support Nigeria’s Tech- ecosystem by promoting high-end digital skills and fostering partnerships between the UK and the Nigeria Tech-ecosystem, would seek to boost the capacity of the female entrepreneurs, as well as the likelihood of the enterprises to scale and become more sustainable businesses.

UK-Nigeria Tech Hub is collaborating with Future Females as the implementing partner and has taken this next step as part of its pledge to help drive clean, resilient and inclusive recoveries in Nigeria, shaping the low carbon economy of the future that will create new jobs, attract green investment and protect the environment for future generations.

“As the world looks to build back better from the COVID 19 Pandemic, which has affected millions of lives and adversely affected economies, it is important to remember that we are still tackling an even greater crisis, climate change,” said the British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones.

He assured that the UK, as a bilateral partner, is committed to supporting Nigeria in delivering an accelerated and just transition, not only to meet the climate imperative but to ensure the country is at the forefront of shifts in the global economy.

The Deputy High Commissioner added that like the transition itself, this support is at all levels, from £200 million flowing into major clean technology programmes through International Climate Finance to entrepreneurs to designing and developing small and micro-enterprise sustainable companies of the future.

The programme targeted at Nigerian female entrepreneurs with early-stage businesses aimed at protecting the environment and conserving natural resources using alternative technologies that are less harmful to the environment will run virtually for three months and will cover 10 actionable modules that take entrepreneurs through the fundamental building blocks of starting and growing a GreenTech business.

Meanwhile, Future Females Co-Founder, Cerina Bezuidenhout has said, Future Females have always been passionate about supporting sustainable businesses, stressing that the body is excited to be focusing on GreenTech businesses in partnership with UK-Nigeria Tech Hub.

“The entrepreneurs who participate in our programmes are not just building businesses, they’re creating innovative solutions to real problems we’re facing in this ‘new world, and they are a source of hope for their communities  and we can’t wait to meet them.”

The programme is set to commence on May 24th 2021 and applications to participate will close on Friday, 7th of May 2021, all interested Nigerian female green-tech entrepreneurs can apply here

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