Solution Desk

The sixth edition will challenge participants to collaborate intensively on solutions across four key tracks: Digitalisation & E-commerce, Financial Inclusion, Productivity & Operational Efficiency, and Market Access & Linkages.

After years of rejection, Solomon Kershima Yateghtegh finally earned a place on the Mandela Washington Fellowship in 2025, spending weeks studying business at the University of Iowa. Now back home in Benue State, he is more determined than ever to continue his work of building a tech ecosystem in one of Nigeria’s most overlooked regions.

In Jos, Rock City Live is more than music—it’s a grassroots movement restoring pride, building community, and putting a city back on the map through sound.

Popular tourism promoter Ephraim Freezle criticised the appointment of Plateau State’s new Commissioner for Tourism, Culture, and Hospitality, raising concerns over the lack of relevant experience and its potential to hinder the sector’s growth.

This rethinking of homelessness became especially poignant following the recent, complete collapse of Nigeria’s National Power Grid, which left millions without electricity for weeks in a country where the average household already struggles with limited power access.

Yusuf Ahmed has been appointed as Community/Partnership Manager for Plateau State, effective immediately.

Residents in Jos have endured nearly a month without consistent power, forcing communities into darkness, straining businesses, and driving up costs for families who now rely on generators and pay for device charging.

Nigerian independent filmmakers often struggle to monetise their work. Cirrden, a new platform, aims to solve this problem by providing a direct-to-fan monetisation model.

The science laboratories at Saint Aquinas College in Akure, Ondo State, once a neglected and dimly lit space with broken furniture and peeling walls, has been revitalised into a state-of-the-art facility thanks to the intervention of the MTN Foundation.

Multilingual education is seen as a tool for promoting unity in Nigeria’s diverse society. By involving youths, educators hope to drive sustainable change and increase access to quality education across languages.

Mutfwang has announced partial curfew lift in Jos-Bukuru metropolis: Residents can now move freely for four hours daily.

In 2022, Victor Bello, a young Christian inspired by a long-held dream to equip Almajiri children with basic education, founded the Almajiri Scholar Scheme in Nigeria. The program is making a difference for 80 children, but not without challenges.

Zang Luka Bot, a 32-year-old technopreneur, is tackling three problems at once with his innovative business, Zang Technologies.