The Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Michael Freeman has disclosed the readiness of his country to partner with Nigeria towards realisation of the policy on creation of one million jobs through digital economy.
He said many I-FAIR graduates now have various businesses with fellow Nigerians contributing to the economic growth of their fatherland. “Israel is the world leader in digital economy and it is also the world leader in manufacturing investment in several other places. The envoy said such would boost job creation in the economy through learning from Israeli experience whereby 45 per cent of the GDP was based on human capita and research development.
He said: “This collaboration between Nigeria and Israel has been extremely fruitful, particularly in the area of helping us to commercialize the research and development that comes out from our university.