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Designing, Implementing and Scaling National Digital Talent Pipelines: Lessons from a Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Program in Nigeria.

Skills deficits remain a key constraint to inclusive digital skill development in many emerging economies, with enduring mismatches between supply and demand in national labor markets. How can digital talent pipelines be designed, implemented, and scaled to sustainably meet employer demand, opportunity gaps and fuel digital innovation? Through a mixed-method explanatory case study of Nigeria’s largest digital talent program, this paper answers this question empirically by analyzing the design, implementation, and scale-up of a national digital talent pipeline delivered via a multi-stakeholder …