The U.S. consul general to Nigeria, Will Stevens, said on Tuesday that the American government expressed willingness to invest more in Nigeria’s tech and education sector for the mutual development of both countries.
Mr Stevens said this during a visit of President Biden’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement Team (PAC-ADE) to Vibranuim Valley Tech City at Ikeja, Lagos.
He said that for the U.S. government to understand the African market better, it sent the PAC-ADE team to bolster further economic, technological, cultural, and educational ties in Nigeria.
According to Mr Stevens, the diaspora council comprises people from the academia, finance, business, tech, think tanks, and religious sectors.
Mr Stevens said that by engaging with government officials, civil society leaders, tech leaders and private-sector partners, they could promote diaspora-led investments in various sectors.
“Also, through the various dialogues, they can advise the U.S. president on how to develop better strategies and bring more investment to the continent. We are also touring tech centres to see the incredible advances that are happening in the sector here in Lagos and in Nigeria to make investments,” he said.
While taking the delegates on tour, Moyosore Asubiojo, general manager of Vibranuim Valley, said the tech city had different technology companies focused on various sectors, such as power, aviation, education and fintech.
She added that they also specialised in talent outsourcing by connecting organisations to the best-skilled talents in Africa under its garden academy company.
(NAN)
