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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Government on Thursday said it is working to create the enabling environment to unlock opportunities in the digital skills market in sub-Saharan Africa valued at $130 billion.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said the biggest challenge in Nigeria\u2019s digital literacy target is not access but illiteracy.<\/p>\n

The minister said this at a Dialogue on the National Digital Literacy Framework (NDLF) organised by the GIZ\/Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) in Abuja on Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cThe access to technology that drives digital technology and its application is becoming cheaper and accessible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest challenge is literacy. Before now, we used to talk about the gap that exists with access to the Internet, and mobile technology, but the price for this technology is dropping significantly which means a lot of our people have access.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they have access, the question would be whether they have the knowledge to use it.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us to drive the prosperity that people want to see, it is important that people are digitally literate or participate in the global economy\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, said the market represents a huge investment opportunity, especially for the private sector.<\/p>\n

Quoting statistics from Statista and the International Finance Corporation, the DG said 28 million jobs in Nigeria and 230 jobs in Sub-saharan Africa will require digital skills by 2030.<\/p>\n

He said the government\u2019s focus is to empower Nigerians with digital literacy to be part of the digital economy and to close the digital literacy gap.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to train and retrain 230 million people in Sub-saharan Africa, and to achieve that, we need to invest $130 billion. So, a lot needs to be done. A $130 billion market is not a small market, and the government cannot do it alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is carrying the value but the private sector will be the one to capture the value. So, government is creating the enabling environment for the private sector to create that value.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has come up with the National Digital Literacy Framework, and to create an industry that will train people. Creating that industry will unlock the market. We are in the process of doing that\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi informed that the process will be participatory, involving the private sector, Civil Society Organisations and international partners.<\/p>\n

He also stated that the digital literacy framework has set a target to empower 95 percent of Nigerians with digital skills by 2030 by improving access, skills development, ensuring inclusive participation, and workforce readiness.<\/p>\n

The DG, while pointing out that an illiterate is no longer a person who cannot read or write but anyone who cannot use digital devices, urged the review of the school curriculum. \u201cThis is a set stage for the education system to review curriculum from kindergarten to university so that everybody will be digitally literate in Nigeria\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

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