Nigeria

Our Focus in Nigeria Over the Next Five Years

• Scale access to affordable and versatile finance for MSMEs in the agriculture value chain and creative industries. We will partner with licenced financial service providers such as deposit money banks, microfinance banks, and Fintech organizations.
• Drive investments in agro-processing, commercial and job-creating value chains. Increase farmer access to productivity enhancing tools while enabling functional market linkages and infrastructure that support agriculture productivity and expansion.
• Collaborate with private and public sector institutions in the educational industry to provide young people with skills in the creative, agricultural and digital economy sub-sectors.
• Support the provision of theoretical and practical on-the-job education and upskilling as well as job-creation projects in the creative sector. We will address barriers to the growth and formalization of the sector including rights management and global e-platform partnerships.
• Improve the capacity of young people to compete for work by collaborating with institutions that provide resume development, apprenticeships and mentorship programs.
• Facilitate digital literacy curriculum adoption. Support the development of e-platforms for jobs and gig work and equip tech-based MSMEs with skills, business support and capital.
• Scale training in high-demand fields and collaborate with digital technology firms and job platforms that link young people to employers.
• Improve the secondary and tertiary educational ecosystem via curriculum development, capacity building for teachers and other support services.
• Improve the digital skills of young people and build a pipeline of future talent by partnering with secondary and tertiary institutions as well as technology hubs.