{"id":50434,"date":"2021-06-24T09:44:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=50434"},"modified":"2021-06-24T09:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T08:44:46","slug":"nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation &#8211; NITDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation and drive development.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated by Inuwa while speaking on the topic, \u201cBuilding a New Africa with AI and Blockchain\u201d, at the 2021 Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He said leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and other digital tools would lead to economic diversification in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Inuwa said considering Africa\u2019s growing population and the dwindling oil revenue in a country like Nigeria, there is a need to harness other areas to diversify the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigital technologies are changing the world at a faster pace than previously experienced waves of technological innovation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria needs to accelerate growth and modernise its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/16\/fg-inaugurates-committee-to-draft-bill-to-transit-to-knowledge-economy\/\">economy<\/a> through the development of a digital-led growth strategy for the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is pertinent to note that despite the economic shocks from COVID-19 pandemic, most of the growth observed in the economies were those from viable digital economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigital economy has been identified as an engine of growth, hence Nigeria can harness it as a driver of growth and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inuwa said the Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) initiative of the World Bank recognised that the digital economy could help accelerate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Nigeria, a country in dire need to diversify its economy, digital economic activities are key for diversification because they transcend all aspect of human endeavours and the economic sector,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Inuwa said the conference was a meeting point for professionals, practitioners, and policymakers to brainstorm on the best ways to harness digital technology.<\/p>\n<p>He said the agency collaborates with relevant stakeholders and researchers to ensure AI, blockchain, and other emerging technologies to support the country\u2019s economic diversification and sustainability plan.<\/p>\n<p>He urged stakeholders present at the event to make necessary partnerships and collaborations towards making Nigeria a leading knowledge and digital economy by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>In his keynote address, Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said African countries, including Nigeria, must be positioned to take advantage of the huge revenue in AI technologies and blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdoption of AI solutions are expected to increase tremendously in the next few years, and competition among major AI companies is expected to be intense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a recent report published by Markets and Markets (M&amp;M), the global AI market size is projected to grow from 58.3 billion dollars in 2021 to 309.6 billion dollars by 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a compound of enormous growth rate of 39.7 per cent during the forecast period.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation and drive development. This was stated by Inuwa while speaking on the topic, \u201cBuilding a New Africa with AI and Blockchain\u201d, at the 2021 Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition, on Wednesday. He said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":50438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8634,11688,11689,10553,11687],"class_list":["post-50434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-african-countries","tag-digital-economy","tag-kashifu-inuwa","tag-nigerian-communications-commission-ncc","tag-nitda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation - NITDA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation and drive development.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation - NITDA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-24T08:44:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/06\/24\/20210624_094109.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"990\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OChocomilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3214702c0d078568b414b76eb81dd64d\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation &#8211; NITDA\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-24T08:44:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":436,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/20210624_094109.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"African countries\",\"Digital economy\",\"Kashifu Inuwa\",\"Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)\",\"NITDA\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation - NITDA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/20210624_094109.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-24T08:44:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation and drive development.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/20210624_094109.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/20210624_094109.jpg\",\"width\":990,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/24\\\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation &#8211; NITDA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3214702c0d078568b414b76eb81dd64d\",\"name\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo\"},\"description\":\"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OChocomilo\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/adewale_chocomilo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation - NITDA","description":"Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation and drive development.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation - NITDA","og_description":"Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","article_published_time":"2021-06-24T08:44:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":990,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/06\/24\/20210624_094109.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@OChocomilo","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/"},"author":{"name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3214702c0d078568b414b76eb81dd64d"},"headline":"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation &#8211; NITDA","datePublished":"2021-06-24T08:44:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/"},"wordCount":436,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/06\/24\/20210624_094109.jpg","keywords":["African countries","Digital economy","Kashifu Inuwa","Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)","NITDA"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/","name":"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation - NITDA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/06\/24\/20210624_094109.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-24T08:44:46+00:00","description":"Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has stated that Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation and drive development.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/06\/24\/20210624_094109.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/06\/adewale_chocomilo\/2021\/06\/24\/20210624_094109.jpg","width":990,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/24\/nigeria-can-leverage-digital-economy-to-boost-innovation-nitda\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigeria can leverage digital economy to boost innovation &#8211; NITDA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3214702c0d078568b414b76eb81dd64d","name":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/87917d701bb342a8e7c12833c7301dab5a0c88c83b2959248027da7ade686bc6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sodiq Lawal Chocomilo"},"description":"Lawal Sodiq Adewale aka CHOCOMILO is an award winning journalist. Mail me at Chocomilo@withinnigeria.com. See full profile on Within Nigeria's TEAM PAGE","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SodiqAdewaleChocomilo?mibextid=ZbWKwL","https:\/\/x.com\/OChocomilo"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/adewale_chocomilo\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}