The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, challenged the academia and industry to explore mutually beneficial initiatives that would enhance in-country value addition and minimise the incidence of capital flight. Speaking on the theme “The Power of Collaboration: Driving Innovation through Industry-Academia Partnerships,” at the […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the implementation of the NCDMB-UBEC Smart Schools Development Initiative (NUSSDI). The MoU will enable the provision of educational infrastructure, particularly in areas with high rates of out-of-school children as well as […]

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola on Monday inaugurated new members of the Nigerian Content Research and Development Council (NCRDC). The newly onboarded members are the Executive Secretary, who would serve as Chairman, the Director Research and Development, NCDMB, Mr. Isaac Yalah, who would function as […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) announced on Monday that it had eliminated middlemen from the oil and gas industry value chain and contributed to shortening the oil industry contracting cycle to six months, courtesy of the three Presidential Directives on Local Content operations issued by President Bola Tinubu in March 2024. The […]

…Urges collaboration among African oil service firms The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Petroleum Commission, Ghana (PCG) towards developing and deepening local content regulations in Ghana’s upstream petroleum sector. The signing ceremony took place at the sidelines of the 2024 Annual Local Content Conference and Exhibition held at Takoradi, Ghana. The MoU is valid for three years and it is centred on the […]

The Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on Friday launched the third phase of their Vocational Skills Programme at the Raw Materials and Research Development Centre Auditorium in Maitama, Abuja. Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbeunderscored the Board’s commitment to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic restoration agenda, particularly in human capital development and youth empowerment. […]

In a bid to create a platform for critical stakeholders to share ideas, explore opportunities for collaboration and co-create pathways for the commercialisation of research outputs in Nigeria, Triple Helix Nigeria (THN) has released details of the maiden edition of its planned SciBiz Annual Conference 2024.   The theme of the conference is Integrating Research, […]