{"id":64083,"date":"2025-04-11T11:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64083"},"modified":"2025-04-11T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:33:08","slug":"japan-backs-abuja-tech-hub-with-%e2%82%a612-1-billion-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/11\/japan-backs-abuja-tech-hub-with-%e2%82%a612-1-billion-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Backs Abuja Tech Hub with \u20a612.1 Billion Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s push to become a tech powerhouse has received a major boost, as the National Information Technology Development Agency confirmed a generous grant of over twelve billion naira from Japan for a new startup hub in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The funding, secured through the Japan International Cooperation Agency, marks a significant step in deepening Nigeria\u2019s economic and technological partnership with Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was sealed at the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in Abuja, setting the stage for a bold initiative aimed at driving innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>Set to run from April 2025 to December 2030, the Abuja startup hub aligns with President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>NITDA will collaborate with the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority to oversee the project, which is expected to open new opportunities for young entrepreneurs and strengthen Nigeria\u2019s digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>NITDA Director General Kashifu Inuwa, while celebrating the milestone, pointed to the success of past projects like the iHatch incubation program as proof of Nigeria\u2019s growing capacity to nurture homegrown tech talent.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed plans to scale the initiative nationwide and foster stronger ties between Nigerian and Japanese technology ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership reflects our shared vision of using technology to unlock economic prosperity,\u201d Inuwa said, expressing optimism about the future of the collaboration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ifeoluwa Odunayo Nigeria\u2019s push to become a tech powerhouse has received a major boost, as the National Information Technology Development Agency confirmed a generous grant of over twelve billion naira from Japan for a new startup hub in Abuja. The funding, secured through the Japan International Cooperation Agency, marks a significant step in deepening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64085,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64083\/revisions\/64085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}