United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Investment and Technology Promotion Office (ITPO), Nigeria has partnered the Federal Government, Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Sterling One Foundation and other stakeholders to promote digital transformation. This was disclosed at the West African SMEs Exhibition in Abuja, tagged: “MSMEs 4.0: Enhancing Quality, Productivity, Competitiveness, Resilience, and Sustainability in an Era of Digital Transformation.” The exhibition focused on business support for West African SMEs in the Renewable, Digital and Greentech spaces with high growth potential. This is to mobilise and promote bankable and impactful investments and the transfer of green technologies from industrialised countries towards Nigeria and select African Continental Free Trade Area AfCFTA countries and economies in transition, with a focus on SMEs. Speaking at the event, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Anite, represented by the Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Charles Odii, expressed the government’s commitment to establish a technology incubation hub in Abuja. According to her, the initiative aims to generate over one million jobs across various economic sectors in the country. Head of UNIDO ITPO, Nigeria, Ms. Abimbola Olufore, stated […]