Nigerian Universities To Get $100m Technology Fund

Efforts to get technology intervention fund to improve learning experiences and academic outcome for students in the Nigeria universities have started yielding the expected results.

Diamond Bank, Samsung Electronics and Softcom Limited recently secured a partnership to provide a special $100million technology intervention fund for the Nigerian education system.
The intervention comes ahead of the future ready university conference to be hosted by Covenant University next month. Already, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to seal the strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics, Diamond Bank Plc and Softcom.
This development would enable other Nigerian universities replicate the mobile learning programme already in operational in Covenant University. Managing Director/CEO, Diamond Bank Plc, Mr. Uzoma Dozie, who disclosed this to Technology journalists at a press conference in Lagos said the mobile learning programme was the future of education which had successfully been kick-started at Covenant University. He said: “Diamond Bank is investing in this programme as we realise and appreciate this initiative as the future of classroom learning which fits into our strategic roadmap as a leading financial institution.”

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