Nigeria and Cabo Verde have taken a major step towards deepening bilateral cooperation with the launch of the Digital Africa Corridor, a groundbreaking initiative designed to accelerate innovation, education, and cross-border business partnerships.
The pilot corridor, convened by SheCode.ai and facilitated in Nigeria by Kryterion Limited, was officially inaugurated on September 1, 2025, during a high-level roundtable in Abuja. The event, co-hosted with Cabo Verde’s Ministry of Digital Economy, brought together 35 leaders from government, the private sector, and the investment community to explore opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), youth empowerment, and digital collaboration.
A key highlight of the event was the signing of an Endorsement Letter by Cabo Verde’s Ministry of Digital Economy, formally recognising SheCode.ai’s flagship program, Code the Future – Cabo Verde Rising.
The initiative will train over 500 secondary school girls across three Cabo Verde islands in coding, AI, and digital innovation, supported by Portuguese-language STEM toolkits, teacher training, and a national youth showcase.
Christiana Onoja, Co-founder and CEO of SheCode.ai says, “SheCode.ai created the Digital Africa Corridor to ensure diplomacy leads to action. With Cabo Verde, we now have proof, a government-endorsed flagship program and a mandate to expand into business cooperation”.
On his part, CEO of Kryterion Limited and co-convener of the initiative, Col. Felix Alaita (rtd), underscored Nigeria’s pivotal role in driving the corridor’s success.
“This pilot corridor shows that when governments, innovators, and the private sector collaborate, the result is not talk, but tangible programs and partnerships,” he said.
Looking ahead, Cabo Verde’s Secretary of State for Digital Economy, Pedro Nuno Alves Fernandes Lopes, extended an invitation to SheCode.ai and Kryterion to lead a Nigeria–Cabo Verde Business and Innovation Mission to Praia in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The upcoming mission will bring together 20–25 Nigerian businesses to forge strategic partnerships across digital technology, creative industries, renewable energy, tourism, education and climate innovation.
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