Microsoft Moves To Equip Five Million Nigerians With Digital Skills

Microsoft is planning to equip five million people in Nigeria
with digital skills over the next three years.

This is expected to be done in a partnership with the Federal
Government towards a sustainable digital economy.

In an announcement made on the company’s news page on Monday,
the tech giant plans to build on three key pillars, which include
connectivity, skilling and digital transformation.

Microsoft President, Brad Smith said, “We believe in the future
of Nigeria, and we are excited as a company to add to our
investments.

“Together, we have an enormous opportunity to put technology to
work, create jobs, to foster the technology ecosystem across
Nigeria, and to use technology to preserve the best of the past and
take us into the future.”

The partnership is expected to create over 27,000 new digital
jobs in the next three years.

“We are setting ourselves a big goal, to bring access to digital
skills to five million people in Nigeria over the next three
years.

“But this is not something we can do by ourselves. We will equip
master trainers and, along with them, are committed to creating
thousands of new jobs,” Smith added.

Microsoft will also partner with the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission to curb corruption using advanced technologies,
and the National Institute of Cultural Orientation to protect
Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage.

Microsoft is planning to equip five million people in Nigeria
with digital skills over the next three years.

This is expected to be done in a partnership with the Federal
Government towards a sustainable digital economy.

In an announcement made on the company’s news page on Monday,
the tech giant plans to build on three key pillars, which include
connectivity, skilling and digital transformation.

Microsoft President, Brad Smith said, “We believe in the future
of Nigeria, and we are excited as a company to add to our
investments.

“Together, we have an enormous opportunity to put technology to
work, create jobs, to foster the technology ecosystem across
Nigeria, and to use technology to preserve the best of the past and
take us into the future.”

The partnership is expected to create over 27,000 new digital
jobs in the next three years.

“We are setting ourselves a big goal, to bring access to digital
skills to five million people in Nigeria over the next three
years.

“But this is not something we can do by ourselves. We will equip
master trainers and, along with them, are committed to creating
thousands of new jobs,” Smith added.

Microsoft will also partner with the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission to curb corruption using advanced technologies,
and the National Institute of Cultural Orientation to protect
Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage.