A Non Governmental Organization in Akwa Ibom State, RHAB-YESS has announced plans to train about Five Hundred youths on digital skills in the state.
This, according to the statement issued by the Programme Manager of RHAB-YESS, Darlington Udobong on Friday would be done in partnership with
ImpactHER, an African Union award-winning not-for-profit organization.
Udobong explained that RHAB-YESS Foundation, an initiative of Senator Aniekan Bassey of the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District, is bringing the digital skills training to youths of the state to complement the Enterprise Development Drive of Governor Umo Eno.
He highlighted some of the courses that would be handled during the training to include “Build Your Brand and Sell Online,” “Create Your Digital Marketing Plan,” “Social Media for Business,” “Get Set Up on Google My Business.
Others are: “Using Data and Strategies to Help Grow Your Business,” “Create Your Digital Marketing Strategy,” “Connect With Customers Using Google Ads,” and “Implement Google Workspace Across Your Business.”
Udobong further explained that the digital skills training, which would simultaneously run online (virtually) and on-site (physically), is completely free and urged interested trainees to register through: https://bit.ly/RHAB-YESS and also join the WhatsApp group via: https://chat.whatsapp.com/HCoCGluM8uJA0mmfHWEwjA
The statement in parts, “In its pursuit to continually discover, mentor and support young Akwa Ibom entrepreneurs to financial greatness and self-sustainability through capital financing/funding of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), skill empowerment of artisans and rural women, and educational support to indigent students, RHAB-YESS Foundation has put modalities in place to train over 500 youths in the state on digital skills.
“The fact that we are partnering with a ImpactHER, an organization that is in sync with our mission and vision makes what we are offering Akwa Ibom youths more outstanding. The goal of ImpactHER is to utilize its institutional investing experience to prepare best-in-class African female market leaders. The organization does that by training African female entrepreneurs on how to build scalable businesses and access institutional investors.”
The Programme Manager stated that both NGOs believe that empowering the youths in digital skill and entrepreneurship is critical to building the African economy and spurring economic growth.
