U.S. explores more opportunities in Nigeria’s tech, education, other sectors

The United States government has expressed willingness to invest more in Nigeria's tech and education sector for mutual development of both countries. U.S. Consul-General to Nigeria, Will Stevens, said this during a visit of President Biden's Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement Team (PAC-ADE) to Vibranuim Valley Tech City at Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday. Stevens said that for the U.S. government to better understand the African market, it sent the PAC-ADE team to further bolster economic, technology, cultural and education ties in Nigeria. According to Stevens, the diaspora council are people from the academia, finance, business, tech, think-tanks, and religious sectors. Stevens said that by engaging with government officials, civil society leaders, tech leaders and private-sector partners they would be able to promote diaspora-led investments in various sectors. 'Also, through the various dialogues, they can advise the U.S. president on how to develop better strategies and bring more investment to the continent. 'We are also touring tech centres to see the incredible advances that are happening in the sector here in Lagos and in Nigeria to make investments,' he said. While taking the delegates on a tour, Ms Moyosore Asubiojo, General Manager of Vibranuim Valley, said the tech city had different technology companies, focused on various sectors, such as Power, Aviation, Education and Fintech. Asubiojo said the companies were striving to leverage technology to address challenges not only in Nigeria, but also beyond its borders. 'Some of the tech companies are Power Tech, EduTech VigiPay, and AviTech among others. See also FG moves to protect children in digital environment 'We incubate numerous tech companies here, seeking ways to use technology to solve problems in Nigeria and globally,' she explained. She added that they also specialised in talent outsourcing by connecting organisations to the best skilled talents in Africa under its garden academy company. NAN reports that the PAC-ADE's visi t follows the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken's week-long visit - Jan. 21 to Jan. 26 - to some African countries seeking to build on the December 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit. Blinken's visit was to expand fast-growing economic, development and security partnerships across the African continent. Source: News Agency of Nigeria