The federal government and Microsoft Corporation on Monday announced a partnership that will benefit about five million Nigerians from a digital upskilling programme in three years.
 
The partnership anchored on connectivity, skilling and digital transformation followed discussions between both parties led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Microsoft President Brad Smith earlier in the year. Under the programme, locations in each of the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria will also enjoy active internet connection and cloud services courtesy of this digital transformation plan…
 
More details through:
https://dailytrust.com/fg-microsoft-to-equip-5m-nigerians-with-digital-skills

In its renewed efforts to reach out to students and youths in underserved communities, the US Mission in Nigeria, recently opened a new Education USA Advising Centre in Calabar, Cross River State.
 
The Calabar EducationUSA Advising Center will offer accurate, unbiased, and comprehensive information about educational institutions in the United States, as well as guidance to prospective students on how best to access those opportunities…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/03/25/us-opens-advisory-centre-in-calabar/
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The Full-time MBA programme of Lagos Business School has been ranked among the top 100 in the world according to The Economist’s WhichMBA? 2021 ranking.
 
The Economist 2021 ranking evaluated full-time MBA programmes from 90 business schools across the world based on four broad criteria, including open new career opportunities, Personal development and educational experience, Salary, and Potential to network.
 
According to a statement, the Economist collated data from eligible schools on areas such as the percentage of graduates who receive a job offer after 3 months of graduation, ratio of faculty to students, average GMAT score, student and faculty gender diversity, among others…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/01/28/lagos-business-schools-mba-ranked-top-100-in-world-2/

Private equity (PE) firms are seizing the opportunity rising demand for quality education is presenting in Nigeria and across the African continent as middle-class parents seek to invest and secure brighter prospects for their children and wards…
 
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https://businessday.ng/business-economy/article/pe-firms-acquire-stakes-in-nigerian-private-schools/
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Nigeria’s edtech platform, uLesson has secured a $7.5 million Series A round led by Owl Ventures, with inclusion from existing investors, TLcom Capital and Founder Collective, and participation from LocalGlode. The funding will allow uLesson to push its learning technology platform into Eastern and Southern Africa, as well as secure new talent…
 
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https://businessday.ng/technology/article/ulesson-secures-7-5m-to-push-edtech-solution-into-eastern-southern-africa/
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 Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, the general partner of the Nigeria-based Fund for Africa’s Future, an investment vehicle focused on African start-ups, said investment in education technologies will offer attractive returns as the sector bounces back.
 
“The hardest hit sector in the COVID was education because they were so unprepared for the tsunami,” Aboyeji told the conference, adding that technology solutions to support learning in all institutions is low-hanging fruit…
 
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https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29H1NI

Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited in collaboration with Galaxy Backbone Limited have commissioned the Huawei ICT Academy in Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU). The commissioning followed the donation of a world class ICT laboratory equipment to the ICT academy in ATBU which is said to be focused on helping students grow in their understanding of IT…
 
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https://businessday.ng/technology/article/huawei-galaxy-backbone-commission-ict-laboratory-in-abubakar-tafawa-balewa-university-bauchi/
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National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said it has mapped out about $0.92 million (N350million) for the establishment of the Insurance Department of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU).
 
Mr Motajo Adewale, a Deputy Director at the Corporate Head Office, who led the team on a visit to the managment of the university, disclosed this at the Igbariam Campus of the university. Adewale said that the Commission had agreed to endow a building at the university to enable it establish Insurance Programme at Degree level…
 
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https://www.sunnewsonline.com/naicom-earmarks-n350m-to-set-up-insurance-dept-at-ojukwu-varsity/

The federal government has said it is working with state governments and some development partners to improve the country’s education system by making it more digitally accessible as part of its response to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector.
 
Senior Special Assistant on Education Interventions to President Muhammadu Buhari, Obafela Bank-Olemoh, who disclosed it, said going forward, one of the key areas that Nigerians are going to see a lot of funding from both the federal and state governments towards the education sector, would be in the area of devices. “How do we get cheap and affordable devices into the hands of school students? It’s a key thing that we are working on,” he said.
 
Bank-Olemoh who spoke at MTN Nigeria’s The Revv Programme masterclass on ‘Education without Borders and Boundaries’, said: “The Revv Programme is an initiative from MTN Nigeria to help small businesses rethink and relearn their operations to enable them mitigate against the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic using a four-pronged approach that includes master classes, access to market, productivity tools support and advisory initiatives…
 
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https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/03/fg-to-provide-affordable-learning-devices-for-students/
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The long-standing friendly relations between Nigeria and Australia are billed to be accorded an official seal in April in Abuja when both countries are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the merit scholarship scheme administered by the Australian Government.
 
The document is expected to provide a special scholarship package for Nigerian post-graduate students.
The scheme is expected to be implemented this year with the first 200 Nigerian recipients arriving in Australia in December 2020.
 
It is expected that Nigeria’s education minister, Adamu Adamu, and the Australian high commissioner to Nigeria, Claire Ireland, are billed to meet at a round-table in Abuja to sign the MoU…
 
More details through:
https://businessday.ng/education/article/nigeria-australia-to-sign-merit-scholarship-pact-in-april-2020/