The Israeli Government has mapped out strategies to partner with the Federal Government to create one million jobs in Nigeria by supporting the Nigerian
Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, stated this during the official launch of the Third edition of the Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers programme in Abuja on Thursday. He explained that the move is in line with the desire of President Bola Tinubu to improve Nigeria’s economy, through digital innovation and invention.
“Israel, which is a world leader in digital economy and is world leader in attracting investment and also, investing in other places, we very much buy into this vision and we want to be a partner with President Tinubu and his administration, to help create the environment for investment and to help create those million jobs in a digital economy.
“And that is why we are so excited to be here today because the I-Fair programme for innovators and for entrepreneurs is exactly one of those programmes that will help to create a million jobs in a digital economy. They will help to create investment, they will help to create a new generation of Nigerian entrepreneurs, of Nigerian innovators, of Nigerians who could create more work, who could create more jobs, and who could create a greater economy,” Freeman said.
Freeman had explained that the I-Fair programme is about enhancing the capacity of Nigerians who have ideas and concept but are struggling to go to the next level by tapping from the rich resources of Israeli innovators and entrepreneurs to improve their talent “What we want to do through the I-Fair programme is to provide mentorship and leadership and help both from Nigerians who have proven themselves of being incredibly successful, but also from Israel as well, using Israel’s experience as a country who has 45 per cent of our GDP as based on human capital where we have the highest number of startups per capita anywhere in the world and our investment in research and development as you have in any other country in the world as well,” Freeman said.
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