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NASENI launches ₦250m innovation challenge for youth
Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched a ₦250 million innovation challenge aimed at supporting young inventors with funding, mentorship and access to technology hubs.
The InnovateNaija Challenge, to be unveiled on Thursday, September 4, at the GITEX Nigeria technology fair in Lagos, is designed to identify breakthrough ideas in science, engineering and manufacturing. The programme is supported by AfriLabs and the Presidency, with organisers describing it as Nigeria’s largest youth-focused innovation competition.
The challenge will run for three months and will feature two phases. In the first stage, one innovator will be selected from each of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, making a total of 37. Each of these innovators will receive ₦2.5 million in grants.
From this pool, the top 15 will qualify for the national finals scheduled to...
How NASENI Will Take 2.5m Nigerians Out Of Poverty In 5 Years – CEO
Technology tamfitronics The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), says it's miles projecting to elevate 2.5 million Nigerians out of poverty inside of five years, via expertise switch and its slightly a few programmes.Its Chief Govt Officer (CEO), Mr Khalil Halilu, made this recognized at a media parley on Wednesday in Abuja. Halilu said that the anticipated end result of craftsmanship switch to Nigeria’s economy involves lowering import funds by 25 per cent to 37.4 billion bucks by 2030 via partnerships that will wait on the native manufacturing of the head 10 highly demanded gadgets.He said that the organisation projects the generation of greater than three million jobs by 2030 via focused expertise files switch to 300,000 Minute and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).“We hope to amplify import to N53.6 trillion by 2030 via worth...