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    Google for Africa: FG plans massive economic rehabilitation with technology

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    Post by Kingseyi Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:11 pm

    ..invests over N720m in tech startups
    By Prince Osuagwu &Juliet Umeh
    The federal government Thursday revealed that it
    plans to carry out a massive economic overhaul
    through supports and investments in technology
    developments across the country.
    President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Nigeria
    Google country director, Juliet Ehimuan;
    VP, Project Management, Anjali Joshi and
    some beneficiaries of Google programs.
    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, made the
    revelation at the 2018 edition of Google for
    Africa event held in Victoria Island Lagos.
    Osinbajo said the government has made
    massive investments in technology ecosystem
    as well as giving supports worth over $2million,
    approximately (N720 million) to about 29
    startups in Nigeria to change the trajectory of
    Nigerian story and provide knowledge and
    information to the teeming youths.
    Osinbajo who was special guest of honour at the
    event, used the opportunity to express the
    countrys gratitude to Google for partnering with
    a local technology company, 21st Century
    technology to launch the Google Station
    platform in Nigeria.
    The platform which was launched in Nigeria, at
    the event, is Googles public wi-fi service which
    allows partners to roll out free hotspots in public
    places.
    He said Nigeria cannot provide all the services
    the country and its citizenry need and called on
    more corporate organizations both locally and
    internationally to join Google in assisting to keep
    Nigeria as the technology hub of Africa and all
    emerging markets of the world.
    According to Osinbajo, “We in Nigeria cannot
    train nearly 200 million young people by 2045
    in classrooms alone; it’s impossible. We must
    use the internet and even mobile telephony. We
    must connect our young people to knowledge
    and information as is done all over the world.
    For instance, when we started the graduate
    employment programme that we have, tagged
    the Mpower programme, we were trying to
    access 200,000 people in the first phase and
    300,000 in the next phase; ofcourse we couldn’t
    congregate that mass anywhere at any location
    in Nigeria without chaos. We had to resort to the
    internet. We had to develop a platform which
    enabled us to conduct tests, get all their details,
    pay them and gave them tablets which they are
    working with, today. All of these would have not
    been possible without the internet.
    “Without connectivity, development trajectory of
    our nation and our continent is truncated. Today
    it is also becoming increasingly clear that the
    availability of food and health space of huge
    number of our people will depend on how
    democratized technology becomes. That is to
    say, we simply cannot provide food or drugs in
    Nigeria or Africa, without innovations in
    technology and agriculture.
    “Every step in making technology hub available
    is a quantum leap in the African development
    story and a major contribution to global stability
    and growth. This is why the launch of Google
    Station event here in Lagos, Nigeria is an
    enormously significant development. It means
    that in collaboration with the indigenous
    technology company, 21st century Technology
    which will provide access, more Nigerians will
    connect into the internet.
    “More exciting for us is that the Google station
    is first launched in the market places. It is
    absolutely important because that is where the
    largest number of our people gathers”.
    He noted that millions of Nigerians have shared
    stories of how internet transformed their lives in
    positive ways, and so the government was
    trying its best to see that more people join in
    these testimonies.
    “With Senior Special Assistant to the president
    on SDGs we have launched digital skills training
    programme with target to train 400, 000
    Nigerians in basic digital skills, working with
    google and other local training institutions we
    have surpassed the target, training more than
    one million Nigerians in different basic digital
    skills in the last 24 months.
    “We scale up our support to the private sector in
    the technology space and recently we created
    technology and industry advisory group. The
    group brings together young private companies
    and relevant government agencies like NNPC
    and Bank of Industry to stimulate growth in
    technonolgy and creative industries of our
    economy . The federal government has given
    out $2m dollar to 29 start ups across the
    country. Some of these initiatives have helped
    the country rise in world banks ease of doing
    business index” he claimed.
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    Post by olatunji10 Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:35 pm

    Oluwa osé un oo
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    Post by Kingseyi Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:03 pm

    Abi na
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    Post by Kingseyi Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:05 pm

    Only God can do it for us ooo

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