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DIGITISING AGRICULTURE FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS WILL BOOST PRODUCTIVITY, INCREASE NIGERIA’S GDP, SAYS DG NITDA

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has said digitising the agricultural sector in all its processes for smallholder farmers by the government would not only boost productivity but increase the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $67 billion. Inuwa disclosed this at the Policy Dialogue session in collaboration with the Office of the Presidency, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) at the Barcelona Hotel, Abuja. According to him, “With the smallholder farmers producing...
Economy

STERLING ONE FOUNDATION COMMITS TO AFRICAN UNION YEAR OF EDUCATION ALONGSIDE AFRICAN EDUCATION MINISTERS, OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

The Sterling One Foundation has reiterated its commitment to investing in foundational learning and working with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and partners to boost education in Africa. This commitment was made at the 2023 High-Level Policy Dialogue hosted in Zambia by ADEA and the Zambian Ministry of Education to inform policy and decisions on foundational learning, foster dialogue and peer learning, and share good practices on what works in foundational learning in support of the African Union Year of Education scheduled for 2024. Over...