Inclusive and sustainable industrialization, together with innovation and infrastructure, can unleash dynamic and competitive economic forces that generate employment and income. They play a key role in introducing and promoting new technologies, facilitating international trade and enabling the efficient use of resources.
Grow With IRETI is structured to promote Sustainable and Inclusive Industrialization, Innovation and Infrastructure Development through the activation of a systemic framework that factors all key indicators and constituent sectors that contribute to Innovation, Industry and Infrastructure:
- Sustainable Transportation
- Manufacturing Value & Employment
- Affordable Credit Access
- Environmental Impact
- Renewable Energy Capacity & Investment
- Research & Development Investment
- Infrastructure Development Investment
- Support for Domestic Technology Development and Industrial Diversification
- Universal Access to Information and Communications Technology (Mobile & Internet Access).
Technological progress helps us address big global challenges such as creating jobs and becoming more energy efficient. Bridging the digital divide, promoting sustainable industries, and investing in scientific research and innovation are all important ways to facilitate sustainable development.
Nigeria’s digital divide refers to the inequality of Nigerian individuals, groups, or organizations with regard to access to Information and communications technology (ICT), infrastructure or to the internet for daily activities. One of the factors contributing to the fractured adoption of telecommunications services in Nigeria is affordability.
Nigeria has the largest number of Internet poor people in the world. According to the Internet Poverty Index, 47.39 per cent (103.02 million people) of Nigeria’s 217.37 million population suffer from Internet poverty. 1.39 billion people are suffering from Internet poverty in the world in 2022.
Internet access is increasingly being viewed as a basic requirement, alongside access to food, clothing, housing, and energy. “Internet poverty is measured by how many people can or cannot afford a minimum package of mobile internet. The Grow with IRETI Program has identified the issue of Internet Poverty as one of its priority intervention areas.