Nigeria has over 40 million young people, what it lacks is main streaming technology skills. If it can do this it will unlock the destiny of the 40 million plus people who ironically currently make up the bulk of its unemployed citizens and by so doing it will unlock the destiny of the nation.
All IT and computer science or engineering students should be mandated to have a laptop and to take the programmes all through their four years, other department students who are interested in developing tech skills should also be allowed into the program and each cohort must build products. Also, the Federal Government must encourage, support and incentivise existing talent development platforms like Utiva.io, alt school Africa, Andela etc. to create a marketplace and build a credible brand that can compete globally.Imagine a young Nigerian graduate who has spent the last four years coding and building solutions earning $3,000 per month working for an American start-up from his home, with no overheads, transportation or logistics.
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