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UNDP, Cisco Target 50,000 Nigerian Youths for Digital Skills Training

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2026

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and global technology firm Cisco have entered into a partnership to equip up to 50,000 Nigerian youths with digital skills, as the government and development partners intensify efforts to bridge the gap between graduate unemployment and the

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SMEDAN, Korea, UNDP Break Ground on $12m Abuja Entrepreneurship Centre

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2026

The Federal Government has unveiled a new US$12 million entrepreneurship and innovation centre in Abuja as part of efforts to strengthen the pipeline from skills development and job creation to enterprise growth, innovation and investment for young Nigerians. The Abuja Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE), funded by the Republic of Korea through the Korea International

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GIFSEP, UNDP Push Nasarawa Communities to Sustain Waste-to-Wealth Gains

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2026

The Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP) and the United Nations Development Programme Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (UNDP GEF-SGP) have urged communities in Nasarawa State to sustain and expand the waste-to-wealth initiatives introduced under the #BioWaste4Resilience project. The call was made on Thursday at a

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AfCFTA, UNDP, Nigeria Demand Urgent Action to Put Women at Centre of Africa’s Economic Integration

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2026

…Warn continent cannot unlock $3.4tn single market while female traders battle finance, border bottlenecks African leaders on Monday made a compelling case for placing women at the heart of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), warning that the continent’s ambition to create the world’s largest single market would remain unrealised unless governments urgently

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UNDP: For Nigeria to walk tall, women must not be excluded from political leadership

Daily Dispatch December 8, 2025

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has warned Nigeria against continued exclusion of women from political leadership, insisting that to walk tall in the emerging world order a nation needs both genders. Speaking in Abuja, at a High-Level Roundtable with Media Professionals on the bill for the Reserved Seats for Women aimed at increasing women’s […]

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FG Launches Net Zero Nature Positive for Rehabilitation of Niger Delta’s Ecosystem

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2025

Nigeria has launched the Net Zero Nature Positive (NZNP), an initiative targeting the rehabilitation of ecosystems in the Niger Delta while supporting the country’s transition to a low-carbon future. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment and global partners, officially unveiled the project in Abuja on