The Federal Government on Friday signed an agreement with France on the Digital and Creative Enterprise programme aimed at promoting employment opportunities in Nigeria.
Tuggar said the I-DICE programme is an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria, spearheaded by the Office of the Vice President and aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the digital technology and creative industry sectors. Tuggar said the programme is being financed by the French Development Agency , the African Development Bank , the Islamic Development Bank & the Bank of Industry .He added that the programme would also receive funding and support from the private sector and institutional investors adding that the Bank of Industry, as the Implementing Agency, will coordinate the day-to-day activities of the project.
“Those digital technology and creative industries have indeed enormous potential to create jobs and spur economic growth in Nigeria. “The programme will create more than 65,000 start-ups, 150,000 direct jobs in the technology and creative industries sectors and approximately 1.3 million indirect jobs.’’
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