The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, on Tuesday signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, that positions Nigeria’s higher education system at the centre of Africa’s emerging innovation and digital economy.
Speaking at the signing ceremony in Abuja, the UNDP Resident Representative in Nigeria, Mrs. Elsie Attafuah, described the partnership as “a defining moment” for the country’s journey toward becoming an innovation-driven, knowledge-powered economy.
Attafuah said the MoU emerged from months of joint consultation and co-creation, culminating in a National Innovation and Digital Transformation Partnership Programme aimed at repositioning universities and polytechnics as engines of inclusive growth, creativity and regional economic competitiveness.