Nigeria

Posts on the Country "Nigeria"

25/10/2019
The ICT4D Conference has announced the Call for Speakers, which opens until the 30th of November 2019 and we republish it below for our users. Inspire and make an impact at next year's 12th ICT4D Conference, confirmed to take place on April 21 - 23 in Abuja, Nigeria. The event is an excellent...

27/ 11

2017

Nigeria 27/11/2017

The Digitalisation in Agriculture session will discuss how to successfully integrate innovative digital technologies into agriculture and agribusiness.

In this session, young ICT4Ag innovators, service providers, representatives of farmer organizations and policy makers will share their perspectives and experiences and explore opportunities for accelerating digitalization as a major vehicle for transforming African agriculture.

A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
21/04/2017
Nigeria has one of the largest inventories of uncultivated farmland on earth, but they are losing crops in volumes because of labor shortages and lack of mechanization.” according to Jehiel Oliver, CEO of Hello Tractor. Many smallholder farmers cannot afford to pay someone else for high-season help...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
09/03/2017
With an ever growing population, agriculture globally has to become more and more productive. This means continuing to adapt with the technological changes that a modern world brings. Satellites are changing the way we look at and manage agriculture. In the case of Nigeria, precision farming can be...
A drone operator flies a drone at a farm at Tengeru, near the city of Arusha
23/02/2017
Vodacom is leading a three-part ICT development initiative in Kaduna State in Nigeria focused on education, health and agriculture. Kaduna State and Nigeria are only a part of wider plan of similar initiatives throughout the whole of Africa. Similar initiatives have already started in Kenya...