The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, a pillar of the UK government’s broader Digital Access Programme (DAP), is working with Google for Startups, Africa to promote women digital businesses in Nigeria.
The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub and Google is an initiative by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sports (DCMS) to support the growth of the Technology ecosystem in Nigeria by promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the tech sector, leading to more trade and investment in the longer term.
As part of the collaboration between the hub and Google, about $3 million would be provided in Google Cloud credits to women business founders in Nigeria to support the subsidy of cloud technology-related costs for startups, to allow the women to focus on innovation, customer acquisition, and growth.
“The joint effort by UK-Nigeria Tech Hub and Google for Startups Africa will help promote digital inclusion and jointly support technology businesses run by women founders”, the Hub said in a statement on Saturday.
To commemorate International Women’s Day in March, the statement said the two organisations, which co-hosted an event in Lagos, brought together women founders, investors, and ecosystem stakeholders.
The event was aimed at helping women founders understand the technology funding landscape and position themselves to secure funding for their startups.
Country Director, UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, Justina Oha, said, “We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Google for Startups, which comes at a time when the world is celebrating International Women’s Day. This partnership is a testament to our commitment to supporting women founders and helping them reach their full potential.
Partnerships like this are one of the great ways that stakeholders can come together to advance Nigeria’s tech ecosystem at an accelerated pace.”
Head of Startup Ecosystem Google Africa, Folarin Aiyegbusi said the group was excited to partner with the UK-Nigeria Tech Hub to empower women entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
He said the collaboration was a unique opportunity to provide women founders with the support and resources they need to scale their businesses and contribute to the growth of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem.
At Google for Startups, he said they were committed to supporting startups and entrepreneurs around the world, believing that empowering women founders was key to building a more diverse and inclusive tech industry.”
The UK -Nigeria Tech Hub works to stimulate local digital economies, support inclusive and sustainable economic growth and jobs, build high-end digital skills, and forge innovation partnerships between Nigerian tech sectors and international businesses.
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