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  • NCDMB launches innovation challenge, promises prizes and incubation for local solutions

    NCDMB launches innovation challenge, promises prizes and incubation for local solutions

    2026-01-01 07:45:00
    In an update published by Premium Times, the NCDMB kicked off the Nigerian Content Research, Innovation and Technology Challenge (2025/2026), inviting proposals from innovators, academia and suppliers.

    The initiative is positioned as a pipeline into NCDMB’s Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC) in Yenagoa, linking innovation to practical industry problems and localisation priorities.

    If implemented well, the programme could deepen local content beyond procurement into prototypes, IP development and scalable industrial solutions.

    Punch also reported NCDMB said it would “award prizes” to Nigerians pursuing content research and technology solutions.

    Energy Focus Report similarly described the programme as an innovation challenge and noted it “promises awards.”

    Echotitbits take:

    The opportunity is real, but scale is the test. Watch for how many winners move from idea to prototype to pilot—and whether funding and offtake contracts follow quickly enough to prevent ‘event-only innovation.’

    Source: Premium Times — December 31, 2025 (https://www.premiumtimesng.com/promoted/846706-ncdmb-kickstarts-nigerian-content-research-innovation-tech-challenge.html)

    Premium Times 2025-12-31

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  • NOA, NBC Push for 70% Local Content in Children’s Cartoons

    NOA, NBC Push for 70% Local Content in Children’s Cartoons

    The National Orientation Agency and National Broadcasting Commission have formed a committee to ensure at least 70% of cartoon content on Nigerian TV is locally produced. They say the policy will strengthen culture and create opportunities for local animators.

    PUNCH, 11 Dec 2025

  • NOA, NBC Push for 70% Local Content in Children’s Cartoons

    The National Orientation Agency and National Broadcasting Commission have formed a committee to ensure at least 70% of cartoon content on Nigerian TV is locally produced. They say the policy will strengthen culture and create opportunities for local animators.

    PUNCH

    11 Dec 2025

  • Minister: No Nigerian Firm Can Handle Deep Offshore Drilling Yet

    Petroleum Minister of State (Oil) Heineken Lokpobiri says no Nigerian company currently has capacity for deep offshore drilling and warned against excluding IOCs under local-content rules. He called for collaboration between foreign and local operators in the mature oil sector.

    PUNCH

    11 Dec 2025