Nigeria commits $618m for digital skills, job creation
I-DICE will support 451 tech start-ups, 226 creative enterprises and 75 enterprise support organisations, and the benefits to Nigeria’s economy are pegged at $6.4 billion.
Samuel Mungadze
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AfDB launches digital data initiative to empower Angolan business
RASME is a set of real-time digital data-gathering tools and processes that enable the Bank, its clients and development partners to better prepare projects.
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Microsoft, AfDB partner to help Africa’s youth scale into business
Utilising the Bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship Investment Banks (YEIB), the partnership will scale up technical and financial support for young entrepreneurs.
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Africa readies remedy to transform pharmaceutical industry
“Africa can no longer outsource its healthcare security to the benevolence of others” said African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina.
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Ghana brightens up economic prospects after securing solar tech deal
West African country pens grant agreement with AfDB, government of Switzerland.
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Fibre optic interconnection linking Cameroon and Congo now operational
Completion of first phase of the Congolese component of the Central African Backbone (CAB) project.
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AfDB earmarks €9.8m equity investment to drive tech
Bank’s investment is expected to accelerate the creation of a new class of successful African entrepreneurs that will serve as a model to younger innovators.
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Fintech trends changing the face of payments
Mark Dankworth, President Business Development Africa at Ukheshe, shares his thoughts on how mobile money, cross-border payments and ‘buy now, pay later’ are transforming the financial sector, particularly in emerging markets, for the better.
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AfDB invests US$170m in Nigeria’s digital future
The investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises Program (i-DICE) is a government initiative established to promote investment in digital and creative industries.
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New initiative launched to sharpen Africa’s data management
AfDB, World Bank roll out RASME project in Gabon.
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Africa backs global solar grid initiative
One Sun One World One Grid global solar grid initiative launched by the UK and India.
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US$500k earmarked to bolster financial services delivery in Nigeria
African Development Bank Group and MTN pen grant agreement to study women’s access to financial services.