Nigeria Emerging as Global Hub for Green Innovation — NASENI Boss Halilu
By Onwe Wisdom|Pan Afric Reporters
Nigeria is fast becoming a global driver of sustainability and innovation, according to the Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu.
Speaking at the 2025 World Association of Young Scientists (WAYS) conference in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on October 26, 2025, Halilu said Nigeria’s policies and creativity are aligning to position the nation at the forefront of technological advancement.
“The bridge between government and private sector is becoming stronger, turning policy into practical outcomes,” he stated in his keynote address titled ‘Nigeria at the Heart of Global Sustainability’. “This is what progress looks like: policy meets innovation, innovation meets people, and people meet opportunity.”
Halilu highlighted Nigeria’s growing leadership in clean technology, renewable energy, and green manufacturing, powered by the dynamism of its youths.
“Young Nigerians, your ideas, your energy, and your innovation have a place at the global table. The world is watching what we build next. Let us move together,” he said.
Emphasizing the need for technology adaptation, Halilu underscored NASENI’s focus on domestication – adapting global technology to local realities and needs.
“It is not enough to import technology. We must adapt it. Domestication is how we make global innovation work for us in Nigeria,” he explained.
He also unveiled plans for ZeCo by NASENI, a 2026 initiative focusing on clean mobility, renewable energy systems, and sustainable manufacturing, aimed at making Nigeria a hub for green innovation and circular economy solutions.
“Nigeria’s journey to Net Zero is not just a national agenda,” Halilu declared. “It is a global invitation to collaborate, to co-create, and to build a future that works for everyone.”
As the first African on the WAYS board, Halilu said his representation symbolizes “a new generation of Nigerians driving African innovation onto the global stage.”
