The Managing Director of Ericsson Nigeria, Mr. Peter Olusoji Ogundele, has revealed the company’s plan to build a technology hub worth about $19 million in Nigeria.
He was speaking during a meeting with Vice President Kashim Shettima who is currently on a two-day working visit to Sweden aimed at boosting trade and bilateral relations between both nations, VP
He said, “Nigeria has enough youths that can come into that field. We can train them, Ericsson will also take part in it, and some of them we can export to the world, and we will be like another India.”
“Ericsson was the first to have over 1,000 sites in Nigeria and continues to invest in the country. We have been here since 1978, and for us, our partnership is an enduring one.”
Several investors from Sweden committed to investments and partnerships worth millions of dollars in Nigeria’s digital economy, health and other critical sectors.