The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has launched a project, i-FAIR, aimed at creating one million jobs in Nigeria.
Speaking at a Press briefing in Abuja on Thursday ahead of the commencement of the third edition of the project, the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, said the project targets young Nigerians.
“A week and a half ago, President [Ahmed Bola] Tinubu was inaugurated as the new president of Nigeria and one of the key focuses of his inauguration is improving and strengthening Nigeria’s economy.
“He spoke specifically on a number of targets towards improving investment in Nigeria…and also to create one million jobs in the digital economy.
“Israel is the world leader in the digital economy and is the world leader in extractive investment. We want to partner with President Tinubu and his administration to help create the environment for investment and to help create one million jobs in the digital economy.
“The i-FAIR programme for innovators and entrepreneurs is exactly one of those programmes that will help to create a million jobs in the digital economy, that will help to create investment, that will help to create a new generation of Nigerian entrepreneurs, Nigerian innovators so that Nigeria and Nigeria can create more job, can create more wealth and create a greater economy”, he said.
On his part, Saron Paz, the COO of Innov8, said the third edition of the project is targeting 50 people who will go ahead to train others.
i-FAIR is an initiative of the Embassy of the State of Israel in Nigeria in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
