The Director General/CEO National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mr Kashifu Abdullahi, on Tuesday, said despite numerous challenges bedeviling the country, Nigeria remains a major global supplier of tech talent

This is coming as a United States, U.S. based tech giant, Google, unveiled 60 Africa Startups grantees of its second cohort Black Founders Fund, BFF, initiative.

Abdullahi who spoke at the unveiling ceremony of winners of Google BFF in Africa 2022, in Abuja, said the project would have a critical boost in the country’s Digital Economy. According to him, “This is a golden opportunity for our Startups, because funding is one of the biggest challenges facing the Nigeria tech ecosystem.