Nigeria

building foundational digital and AI competencies among young people who need stronger access to 21st-century technology skills

Activities and approach: Basic computer operations, hardware/software fundamentals, Python programming, introductory AI, AI-tool applications and chatbot creation

Provides scalable hands-on digital-skills training intended to expand youth participation in technology careers.

Activities and approach: Practical technology training; workforce-oriented curriculum; youth outreach

Addresses gender gaps in digital capability, safe technology use, education readiness and economic participation, including practical pathways from skills training to entrepreneurship and employment.

Activities and approach: Digital literacy training; online safety and digital hygiene; UTME/JAMB computer training; training of trainers; town halls; business clinics; employer forums; virtual market support; policy briefs and digital-literacy facility surveys

building local digital capability and extending technology benefits across public and economic institutions

Activities and approach: Startup investment; professional training; digital-access initiatives for schools, hospitals, and markets

Introduces a shared computer-learning environment for students who may otherwise have limited opportunities to develop practical digital skills.

Activities and approach: School computer centre; student computer access; digital literacy

Provides managed internet bandwidth to sustain connectivity at USPF-supported digital-access projects.

Activities and approach: Aggregated internet bandwidth; shared connectivity platform.

Connects health facilities to high-speed broadband for digital health and public services.

Activities and approach: Fiber broadband

Extends fiber into local-government offices, supporting decentralized digital services.

Activities and approach: Fiber broadband

Expands the fiber backbone from roughly 35,000 km to 125,000 km, reducing regional network gaps.

Activities and approach: 90,000 km new fiber

Uses a majority-private special-purpose vehicle to mobilize large-scale investment in affordable broadband.

Activities and approach: PPP/SPV financing model

Connects tens of thousands of schools to reliable broadband.

Activities and approach: Fiber broadband

providing personal computers to learners with little or no prior access to computers and enabling participation in technology-enabled education.

Activities and approach: Donation and handover of 10 laptops; digital learning; research; basic computer literacy support

Provides high-speed internet and ICT network infrastructure to enable e-learning, remote learning and digital collaboration.

Activities and approach: Campus broadband; ICT network infrastructure; high-speed internet.

Addresses the skills and capability dimension of the divide by expanding access to recognized digital training and certification pathways.

Activities and approach: Networking Academy courses; CCNA and networking; cybersecurity; digital skills; partner academies; workforce preparation

Uses offline-first and on-device AI design to make digital exam-preparation resources usable without constant high-speed internet or expensive data.

Activities and approach: Offline desktop and mobile apps; on-device AI support; CBT practice; 112,000+ past questions; videos and live lessons

Builds digital capability and adoption support for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; adoption support

equipping vulnerable youth with high-demand skills for international remote work

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; scholarship support; remote-work preparation

providing structured skills training to increase women’s participation in the digital economy

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; women’s economic participation; cohort-based instruction

Provides institution-based access to computers, connectivity, digital learning, innovation resources, and emerging-technology skills for tertiary learners.

Extends practical digital skills using locally accessible delivery models and Hausa/English instruction.

Activities and approach: Technology training; local-language instruction; employability-oriented digital skills

Reduces device-access barriers in public schools by placing learning tablets directly into secondary-school environments.

Activities and approach: Donation and deployment of tablet computers; technology-enabled learning

Provides institution-based access to computers, connectivity, digital learning, innovation resources, and emerging-technology skills for tertiary learners.

Reduces geographic barriers to higher education by enabling students to complete secure academic examinations remotely instead of requiring physical presence on campus.

Activities and approach: AI video proctoring; online CBT examinations; webcam identity/visibility monitoring; digital compliance records; remote exam scheduling

establishing a local access point intended to expand technology access and community digital participation

Activities and approach: Community ICT centre commissioning; technology access; digital-inclusion services

Reduces accessibility and skills barriers that can exclude persons with disabilities from digital learning and technology employment.

Activities and approach: Adapted CCNA learning; digital marketing; data analysis; product management; mentorship; interview preparation

Provides institution-based access to computers, connectivity, digital learning, innovation resources, and emerging-technology skills for tertiary learners.

Reduces device, connectivity, power, teacher-capacity, and digital-literacy barriers simultaneously, creating more equitable technology-enabled secondary education.

Activities and approach: Distribution of 1,755 all-in-one computers; 70 printers; 70 projectors; 70 motorized screens; 10KVA solar systems; internet connectivity; CCTV; training three teachers per school

Provides institution-based access to computers, connectivity, digital learning, innovation resources, and emerging-technology skills for tertiary learners.

Addresses the electricity reliability barrier that can prevent students from benefiting from otherwise available digital infrastructure.

Activities and approach: 30kW solar hybrid system; battery storage; automatic switching among solar, grid and generator; continuous support for servers, networking and security systems

providing beginner-friendly digital-skills learning and creative technology opportunities

Activities and approach: Introductory digital-skills training and community creative-technology support

Builds digital capability and adoption support for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Targeted digital inclusion activities described in the cited source

Expands or enables connectivity for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Uses active infrastructure sharing to extend mobile connectivity more efficiently into underserved areas.

Activities and approach: Shared mobile network infrastructure and coverage expansion

Plans to connect ordinary devices directly to LEO satellites, reducing dependence on terrestrial towers in underserved regions.

Activities and approach: D2D satellite deployment planning; LEO integration; technology transfer; joint R&D; CubeSat co-production

Uses satellite distribution to extend digital television and information access as Nigeria advances its digital switchover.

Activities and approach: Satellite-powered broadcast distribution; digital switchover support

Builds practical digital skills needed for education, employment and participation in the digital economy.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; career readiness; technology learning

Expands or enables connectivity for rural, remote, underserved, or unserved communities, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Adds domestic high-throughput satellite capacity to complement terrestrial networks and extend broadband into areas where conventional infrastructure is difficult or costly to deploy.

Activities and approach: Acquisition and deployment of two next-generation high-throughput communication satellites; orbital filings; contract finalization; manufacturing and launch preparation; broadband capacity expansion

deploying modern telecommunications sites to extend coverage at national scale

Activities and approach: Deployment of modern telecom sites and supporting network infrastructure

building a pipeline of female technology innovators through equitable training and mentoring

Activities and approach: Regional training, mentoring, innovation challenges, and a national final

Expands or enables connectivity for rural, remote, underserved, or unserved communities, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Builds digital competence across government so public employees can use modern digital systems and deliver services more effectively.

Activities and approach: Digital-literacy training; public-service workforce development

Builds digital capability and adoption support for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; adoption support

Expands or enables connectivity for rural, remote, underserved, or unserved communities, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Expands or enables connectivity for people and communities affected by digital exclusion, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Targets the digital divide through 3,700 communications sites, rural broadband, public Wi-Fi and digital learning solutions.

Activities and approach: 3,700 sites; rural broadband; public Wi-Fi; digital learning; energy support.

Builds digital capability and adoption support for university students and institutions, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; adoption support

Deploys rural transceiver/base stations through universal-service funding to expand mobile coverage and socio-economic participation.

Activities and approach: Deployment of 1,000 rural transceiver stations with development partners

Builds digital and AI capabilities while emphasizing ethical and constructive use in civic participation.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; AI literacy; ethical technology and civic-impact modules

Expands or enables connectivity for rural, remote, underserved, or unserved communities, addressing availability and service-quality barriers.

Activities and approach: Network deployment or expansion; connectivity delivery

Builds digital capability and adoption support for entrepreneurs and small businesses, addressing skills and participation barriers.

Activities and approach: Digital-skills training; adoption support

using a national women-journalist network to expand digital skills and technology participation among women while addressing the gender digital divide.

Activities and approach: Digital literacy; AI skills; cybersecurity awareness; fact-checking; WINSEC Summit collaboration; women-focused capacity development

Reduces information and accountability barriers in primary healthcare by making facility condition, service readiness and community feedback digitally visible.

Activities and approach: PHC locator; facility monitoring; citizen photo/report uploads; community feedback; financing and service-readiness tracking; data-driven advocacy

Deploys 90,000 km of fiber to extend broadband nationwide, including underserved communities and public institutions.

Activities and approach: 90,000 km fiber; open-access backbone; PPP/SPV financing.

expanding access to ICT-enabled learning and participation in the digital age

Activities and approach: Smart university system; ICT-enabled learning; digital campus services

Subsidizes broadband infrastructure and hotspots in underserved areas, catalyzing e-learning, e-health and e-government.

Activities and approach: Wired/wireless high-speed internet; wholesale hotspots; operator subsidies.

providing local internet access, digital-skills opportunities, and a community-built access point

Activities and approach: Community digital hub; internet access; digital-skills activities

Provides institution-based access to computers, connectivity, digital learning, innovation resources, and emerging-technology skills for tertiary learners.

Targets unequal access to school technology by combining infrastructure, computers, internet, teacher capacity and curriculum support.

Activities and approach: ICT lab upgrades; computers; internet access; digital infrastructure; teacher training; digital literacy; curriculum support; maintenance strategies

Reduces the digital gender gap by expanding skills, mentorship, technical exposure, and pathways into the digital economy.

Activities and approach: Digital literacy; EmpowerHer; TechHer Thrive; RoboGirls with Ally Boys; STEM bootcamps; MentorLab; AI and robotics exposure; entrepreneurship and career support

Addresses the skills dimension of the divide by increasing teachers’ ability to understand, use and teach with digital media, creating a multiplier effect for students who may otherwise have limited exposure to effective technology-supported learning.

Activities and approach: Teacher digital-literacy capacity building; EdTech prototype design; professional learning; digital media use in education

Creates campus-based digital access centers with free devices, Wi-Fi, reliable power, and digital learning resources, reducing device, connectivity, affordability, and advanced-skills barriers in higher education.

Activities and approach: Construction/upgrading of ICT centers; minimum 200 computers at many sites; Wi-Fi; 24-hour internet and alternative power; access to TERAS resources; digital skills; AI, cybersecurity, robotics, software development; online work and entrepreneurship

Provides institution-based access to computers, connectivity, digital learning, innovation resources, and emerging-technology skills for tertiary learners.

Provides a full institutional computing environment, increasing access to digital learning, computer-based examinations and practical technology use.

Activities and approach: 204-workstation IT hall; server room; media room; LED display; generator; transformer; inverter/panel systems; accessible ramps

reducing the digital gender gap by equipping girls with practical technology skills and confidence to pursue STEM pathways

Activities and approach: One-week She Creates Camp focused on STEM, technology skills, leadership and creative/technology career exposure

Reduces the gender divide in technology by building practical AI and digital skills, confidence, mentorship and pathways into future STEM careers.

Activities and approach: AI and IoT workshops; cybersecurity; digital literacy; content creation; project development; mentorship; STEM career exposure; entrepreneurship

expanding inclusive access to digital and STEM opportunity for women and girls.

Activities and approach: Digital inclusion; STEM opportunity development; skills and participation support

Combines access to computers, institutional ICT infrastructure, reliable power and practical digital-skills opportunities across education levels.

Activities and approach: ICT centres; computer donations; solar hybrid power; Microsoft Office Specialist certification/competition support; school computer centres

Moves beyond device access by building practical software proficiency, certification and exposure to international digital-skills competition.

Activities and approach: Microsoft Office Specialist certification; national competition; ICT Quiz and Awards; teacher support; world championship sponsorship