Unlocking Nigeria’s Green Remote Work Potential, proposes a comprehensive strategy to tackle Nigeria’s serious issues of high youth unemployment and the mass emigration of skilled professionals, often referred to as the “Japa” phenomenon. The document highlights a significant opportunity: the global demand for climate-aligned digital jobs, such as ESG reporting and carbon accounting, which can be done remotely.

The brief that proposes a structured, nationally tailored framework for defining, classifying, and monitoring green jobs across sectors

This policy brief advocates for subnational action in creating green jobs within the framework of Nigeria’s National Inclusive Green Jobs Act (NIGJA)

Built on nationwide surveys and RCT-based testing, the report examines the feasibility of Nigeria’s National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, with attention to digital governance readiness, electronic transactions, consumer protection, trust in digital platforms, and public service efficiency. It identifies gaps in infrastructure, low trust in digital systems, limited digital literacy, and weak adoption of e-government tools, and outlines evidence-based pathways to strengthen inclusive digital governance.

Drawing from field surveys conducted across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, the document captures the regulatory concerns and lived experiences of technology-enabled and MSME businesses within the context of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill.

This framework outlines how Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) will be used to test the effectiveness, feasibility, and stakeholder acceptance of key provisions of the National Digital Economy and E-Governance Bill, including electronic transactions, e-contracts, consumer protection, and digital government systems before nationwide implementation.