Outreach and Stakeholders Engagement Lead,SCALE, Michael Abdullahi (left); Digital Communications and Content Development Specialist, Temilade Salami; CEO AREAi and Project Manager SCALE, Prince Gideon Olanrewaju and Public Affairs & External Communications Specialist, SCALE, Oluwaseun Durojaiye at the project launch of the SCALE for NetZero Transition Program in Abuja.

Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi) has received funding from the United Kingdom government through the Digital Access Program (DAP) of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to implement a multilayered initiative to mitigate the environmental impact of Nigeria’s burgeoning technology ecosystem. This will be championed through a series of activities that ranges from evidence generation, knowledge management and mobilisation, incentivized capacity development, media-driven public awareness, and high-level policy advocacy activities. The intervention seeks to align producers, consumers and stakeholders of the technology sector with eco-consciousness, ensuring a greener, more sustainable future for Nigeria’s digital landscape.

This nationwide initiative, under the theme Smart Climate Awareness, Learning and Empowerment (SCALE) for Net Zero program will directly engage information and communications technology (ICT) companies, digital start-ups, innovation hubs and other key stakeholders in the tech. ecosystem to facilitate their understanding about technology’s high negative environmental cost, and then mobilise them to collectively commit and act towards reducing their contributions to digital carbon footprint. Through this intervention, AREAi will drive a large-scale citizenry engagement strategy, by providing empowerment to key technology hubs located across Abia, Rivers, Lagos, Kaduna and Adamawa states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, . As part of the implementation, the organisation will also be working in collaboration with research institutions, tech startups, government agencies and civil society organisations.

In his address during the briefing, he echoed the commitment of his organisation in leveraging her expansive organizational expertise and extensive capacity in leading digital transformation and sustainability initiatives through research, policy advocacy and practice to the actualisation of the entire projects objectives.

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