Nigeria: Glo’s innovation hubs to promote digitalization

Mrs. Bella Disu, Executive Vice Chairman of Globacom, has stated that the company is committed to supporting the Federal Government’s digitalization agenda.

She made this statement during the launch of Nigeria’s Digital Economy Report, themed ‘Driving Economic Growth through Digital Transformation,’ held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

Mrs. Disu emphasized Nigeria’s need to harness the transformative power of emerging technologies and revealed Globacom’s plans to facilitate technological advancement in the country.

“We see the current challenges in the sector as a responsibility to be at the forefront of enabling tech advancement. We are at the moment doing two things which key into the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy’s strategic blueprint. Under the pillar of Knowledge, the ministry is planning to have about 3m technical talents by 2027 and also increase digital literacy. In Glo, we have a Glo learning management solution which has the capacity to train up to 100,000 users a month on different skill sets from digital marketing and other professional courses some of which we plan to offer as CSR and also on courses covering Python, blockchain, AI to really push digital literacy.

 “Under innovation, we plan to have four innovation hubs, with one to be rolled out in Lagos in the fourth quarter of the year, and three to be commissioned by the second quarter of 2025 in PH, Ibadan, and Abuja.”