Gates Foundation exec says DPI will expand Nigeria’s economic growth opportunities

Rodger Voorhies, President for Global Growth and Opportunities at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has challenged Nigeria’s federal government to invest more in fully building the connecting blocks of its digital public infrastructure (DPI) ecosystem so as to open up space for greater economic opportunities for citizens.

Voorhies was speaking recently during a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum in the capital Abuja, Nan News reports.

The executive said with digital ID, digital payments and data-sharing tools well …

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