ITU: Nigeria welcomes half a million containers of e-waste monthly

Nigeria receives over 500,000 containers of e-waste monthly exposing citizens to health risks such as DNA damage, cancer and cardiovascular diseases, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), has warned while calling attention to the growth in residues from consumer technologies.  

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Four ways entrepreneurs can promote innovation in emerging markets

By ITU News Tech innovation and social entrepreneurship can improve billions of lives. This was the raison d’être of the 2018 Seedstars Summit, which connected innovators with investors and mentors to help them develop and scale up their new tech solutions in emerging markets. An online platform to sell quality-assured medicines in Nigeria. A toolkit and software application to teach […]

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