The World Bank approved a $500 million loan Tuesday to fund Nigeria’s Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth (BRIDGE) project, a six-year plan to lay 90,000 kilometers of climate-resilient fiber optic cable and connect every one of the country’s 774 local government headquarters.
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.
