The Rockefeller Foundation in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Communications has finally launched its digital job initiative in Nigeria which is valued at $100 million to support a campaign that will raise awareness about online work for the Nigerian youth and also aimed at improving one million lives through ICT skills and jobs for high potential but disadvantaged youth.
The Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation Africa Regional Office, Mamadou Biteye, said the Foundation’s decision to launch the digital job initiative in Nigeria was taken after it observed that the online work sector in Nigeria had experienced phenomenal growth in the past few years and by some estimates will reach $16 billion industry by 2020. This initiative is projected to create about 30,000 jobs across all the local governments in Nigeria with multiplier effects from the very beginning.
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Digital Jobs Africa initiative is currently being implemented in six African countries namely: Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt, South-Africa, and Ghana.
The Managing Director of the Rockefeller Foundation Africa Regional Office, Mamadou Biteye, said the Foundation’s decision to launch the digital job initiative in Nigeria was taken after it observed that the online work sector in Nigeria had experienced phenomenal growth in the past few years and by some estimates will reach $16 billion industry by 2020. This initiative is projected to create about 30,000 jobs across all the local governments in Nigeria with multiplier effects from the very beginning.
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Digital Jobs Africa initiative is currently being implemented in six African countries namely: Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Egypt, South-Africa, and Ghana.
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