Tag: Smart City
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Smart city: Obaseki, global city leaders examine barriers
The Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the President of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, Minister of National Development and Second Minister for Finance, Singapore, Lawrence Wong; with over one hundred representatives of national and municipal governments as well as leading private sector players in cities development, at the weekend began deliberations on how to eliminate challenges…
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Do you think Gov. Okowa has achieved his investment priorities for Delta?
At the first Nigeria-China Governors Business Forum (NCGBF) held in Guangzhou, China between April 13th and 14th 2017, Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa presented four investment priorities for the State. The four investment priorities presented by Governor Okowa at the business forum are hinged upon agro-industrial parks initiative, smart city development, airport development, and gas-based…
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Smart City is not priority for Nigeria – FG
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), whose policy and programmes shape the nation’s tech sector, has hinted that Smart City is not a priority for the federal government of Nigeria at the moment as other economic issues are hitting hard. Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Director General (DG) of NITDA, said this in his…
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Exclusive: [Making a mega city smart] Interview with Lagos image maker, Steve Ayorinde
Lagos State is the most economically important state in Nigeria and can be described as the 5th largest economy in Africa if it were a country. Apart from that, the state prides itself with a population above 20 million but faces one big challenge, which is quality management of its assets, population (people) and brand.…
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Smart City: Lagos set to train one million residents on computer coding
…Commences screening, selection of 1500 facilitators Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education said the programme would seek to teach at least one million Lagos residents to code by 2019 and also foster necessary skills to create sustainable solutions to social challenges and create employment opportunities. The…