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African Development Bank and UNDP Advance $10 Billion AI Initiative to Create 25 Million Jobs
The AI 10 Billion Initiative is a co-designed partnership between the Bank Group, UNDP and private sector partners. By orchestrating $1 billion per year over the next decade, the initiative can contribute to 25 million new jobs by 2035. Photo Credit: AFP Photo
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Call for Applications: UNDP Africa Pan-African MineTech Exploration Technology Pre-Incubation Programme 2027
This challenge-led pre-incubation programme supports multidisciplinary teams in turning early-stage ideas into validated technology solutions that improve how mineral resources are identified, characterised and targeted across Africa. Photo Credit: UNDP Africa MineTech Exploration Technology
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Cisco and UNDP Sign $50 Million Partnership to advance Digital Skills and Employment for 50,000 Nigerian Youths over 3 Years
The goal is to equip NJFP fellows and alumni with industry-relevant digital competencies that complement their workplace experience and improve pathways into employment, entrepreneurship, and Nigeria’s growing digital economy. Photo Credit: UNDP Instagram Page
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Terra Industries Signs Commercial Surveillance Deal With Promethean Resources to Secure Nigeria’s Mining Assets
Nigerian defence-technology company Terra Industries has signed a commercial agreement with Promethean Resources to deploy autonomous surveillance systems across Promethean’s mining and processing sites in Nigeria. Photo Credit: Terra Industries LinkedIn Page
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African Development Bank and UNDP Launch Free AI Training Hub for African Government and Public Servants
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), in partnership with the UNDP AI Hub for Sustainable Development, Google, and Apolitical, launched a free artificial intelligence training programme for government officials and public servants across the continent. Photo Credit: Samson Nanle
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Call for Implementing Partner for Young Africa Innovates Cohort 2 (Nigeria)
YAI identifies, incubates, and scales youth-led innovations that drive inclusive socio-economic development in Nigeria. Photo Credit: MasterCard Foundation
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Applications Open for Mastercard and UNDP Young Africa Innovates (YAI) Programme 2026
Young Africa Innovates is a flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme designed to identify, incubate, and scale high-potential innovations developed by young Nigerians. Photo Credit: Collage Photo – MasterCard/UNDP Logos
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Kenya and UNDP Signs New Partnership to Develop National AI Computing Platform
The partnership coveres several key strategic initiatives, including the Regional Centre of Competence, which is expanding digital and AI capabilities across Kenya’s public sector, as well as the timbuktoo Africa GreenTech Hub, which supports green innovation and entrepreneurship.
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African Union/UNDP YouthConnekt Africa Export Accelerator (E-Accelerator) 2026 for youth owned enterprises.
Applications are now open for the 2026 YouthConnekt Africa Export Accelerator. The YouthConnekt Africa Export Accelerator (E-Accelerator) , developed in partnership with UNDP and the African Union, is a results-driven initiative that enables export-ready-led enterprises to scale into intra-African markets under the AfCFTA framework, particularly its youth Protocol on Women and Youth in Trade.The program…
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Malawi Wins World Summit Global Award for Digital Innovation in E-Government
Malawi emerge Winners in E-Government Category at the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2026 for developing popularly known Offline Digital ID for Governance. Photo Credit: World Summit 2026
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UNDP Launches first Manufacturing Technology University Innovation Pod to Drive Manufacturing Innovation in Nigeria
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the ManuTech UniPod in Nigeria, an innovation hub designed to strengthen research, manufacturing and entrepreneurship. Photo Credit: UNDP
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