The lives of five hundred young people in Oyo State has changed forever, all thanks to MTN Foundation's ICT and Business Skills Training For Youths In Oyo State.
The two-day training which was the pilot phase of the initiative, held on Thursday and Friday, June 28th and 29th, 2018 at the Olola Ogunlana Hall, International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Hundreds of participants around Oyo state attended the training.
Cross section of participants
Many notable dignitaries dropped by during the course of the training.
Mrs. Mosun Belo-Olusoga, Director, MTN Foundation, an alumnus of the University of Ibadan, gave the Foundation's speech at the Training. She encouraged the participants to focus on all that would be said.
L-R: Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, Nonny Ugboma and Director, MTN Foundation, Mrs. Mosun Belo-Olusoga at MTN Foundation's ICT and Business Skills Training For Youths In Oyo State, at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, June 28th, 2018
The Honourable Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu came around to show his support and drop words of encouragement.
The Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Niyi Ajao (representing the Executive Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Senator Abiola Ajimobi), encouraged the participants to actively engage in the programme.
L-R: Project Coordinator, Economic Empowerment Portfolio, MTN Foundation, Christian Osi; Executive Secretary, MTN FOundation, Nonny Ugboma; Head of Digital Communications, Oyo State Government, Babajide Fadoju; Project Coordinator, Education, MTN Foundation, Ayodeji Salami; Portfolio Manager, Education, MTN Foundation, Pamela Emodi; and Portfolio Manager, Economic Empowerment, Joseph Akpata at MTN Foundation's ICT and Business Skills Training For Youths In Oyo State, at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday, June 28th, 2018
The training sessions were handled by expert facilitators from ecosystem partners - KPMG, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), IBM and Oracle.
Mr. Adepegba Oduntan of Oracle, taught on technology of the future and how to position one's self for business in the future.
Mr. Paul Okhiria of Oracle took over form his colleague and broke down ICT for the participants.
Mr. Emeka Nzeih of DBI spoke on leveraging ICT tools for business promotion.
Mr. Femi Oso of IBM gave us the lowdown on the business side of ICT and the participants had a field time practicalizing his questions and setting up personas.
The participants listened to Mr. Tobi Ogunbadejo of KPMG as he helped them understand social media and how to use it to optimize business opportunities.
Cross section of staff of MTN Foundation and ecosystem partners - KPMG, Digital Bridge Institution (DBI), BMI and Oracle at MTN Foundation's ICT and Business Skills Training For Youths In Oyo State
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