NiMet, Others Partner on Digital Climate Development

Last updated Jan 25, 2025

To create a Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) System, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MTN Nigeria and Tomorrow.io, an advanced weather intelligence firm, on Friday.

NiMet, MTN, https://t.co/0XYHkisFfU Partner To Develop Digital Climate Advisory Services (DCAS) System

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Friday, 24th January 2025, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nigeria’s leading telecommunication services provider… pic.twitter.com/xTnfu6Sij9

— NiMet (@nimetnigeria) January 24, 2025

Karl Toriola, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos.

The partnership aimed at delivering location-specific, actionable weather advisories to Nigerian farmers via mobile SMS. Toriola said the move is in line with the United Nations (UN) goal of ensuring early warning systems and would strengthen climate resilience in Nigeria, particularly in the agricultural sector.

Expressing his optimism about what the partnership with NiMet and Tomorrow.io would do for the agricultural sector, emergency and disaster management, the public, and the Nigerian economy.

“From the bottom of our hearts, we are grateful to NiMet for allowing MTN to partner with it,” he said.

The Director-General of NiMet, Professor Charles Anosike, said that the overall aim of the partnership was to improve agricultural productivity and also resilience by providing localized, timely weather advisories.

‘’The choice of MTN and Tomorrow.io is strategic as they are leaders in their respective sectors.

“I am excited to welcome the MTN CEO and other officials, and the Tomorrow.io team to NiMet for this groundbreaking MoU signing that will impact not only the agricultural sector but the entire Nigerian economy.

‘’My primary objective has been to open up the space of the business of climate science to the private sector so that they will begin to understand the incredible impact of climate science,” he said.

The Managing Director of Tomorrow.io, Dr. Henry Onyemachi, appreciated the NiMets saying, “For us at Tomorrow.io, it is a very happy moment, reflecting on the progressive and very focused journey which began a year ago,” he said.

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