 The vice president, Professor Yemi Oshiba-Josef, the federal government is to reconvene the Technology and Creativity Advisory Council on policies that will support the ecosystem for ICT start-ups in the country. Oshiba-Josef is infested at the start-up and developer event organized by Google with the theme the African Start-up Ecosystem Opportunity, represented by the director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Inua, Oshiba-Josef identified start-ups as tools for addressing the enormous challenges confronted in Africa. He said the federal government was working with relevant stakeholders to ensure that start-ups received every support they required to take the ideas from inception to impact. He further said that through the work of the Council, the federal government was also currently engaging with the African Development Bank to set up a $500 million innovation fund. According to him, the federal government provides support for the ecosystem across four pillars, including infrastructure support, finance, security development, and technical assistance.