Tag: poverty
Poverty in Lagos isn’t just about money – here’s why
Lagos is Nigeria’s economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country, writes Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe, Crawford University.Lagos slums are...
Nigeria will remain perpetually poor if we fail to produce, Says Afe Babalola, at ABUAD/NSE industrial park trade fair
By Rotimi Ojomoyela,Legal luminary and Elder Statesman, Aare Afe Babalola has said that Nigeria will remain perpetually poor it fails to produce rather than...
How AI ‘sees’ the world – what happened when we trained a deep learning model to identify poverty
By Ola Hall, Lund University, Hamid Sarmadi, Halmstad University, Thorsteinn Rögnvaldsson, Halmstad UniversityTo most effectively deliver aid to alleviate poverty, you have to know...
NITDA seeks collaboration with African Engineers to end poverty
By Na'ankwat Dariem,Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is seeking collaboration with engineering professionals in Africa to incorporate emerging technologies into engineering processes...
At Last, Buhari Seeks Senate’s Nod for Fresh $800m World Bank Loan for Poor, Vulnerable Nigerians
•Says its for 10.2m poor, vulnerable Nigerians •Nigeria’s debt profile becoming unsustainable, Budget Office declaresBy Sunday Aborisade and Udora Orizu in AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari...
Buhari urges Senate to approve fresh $800m loan request
By Sanni Onogu,President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday urged the Senate to approve a fresh loan request of $800m.Buhari, in a letter read by Senate...