The need to build skills gap in the country was a major issue of deliberation yesterday, at the Social Media Week 2020 in Lagos. Already, the United Nations has canvassed the need for countries to invest in capacity buildings and ensure that citizens get new skills for development.
CEO, Future Software Resources Ltd., Nkemdilim Begho, said to achieve a sustainable model that could close the skill gap, the government needs to catch up on closing the digital divide by investing more in training the younger generation as research shows that 60 percent of children under 12 today, would grow up to work in jobs that don’t exist yet and it is no different on the continent.
Chief Information Officer, Stanbic IBTC, Okechukwu Iroegbu, Nigeria had to start churning out graduates, who are tech savvy, noting that the government should also create more jobs in the information technology space.
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