The National Association of Computing Students (NACOS) across all Nigeria universities with over 300,000 members will now get empowerment training in any of the seven hottest 4.0 IT skills, the MD/CEO of New Horizons, Mr Tim Akano, has said.
Akano who was conferred a national award of Champion of Nigeria Digital Economy by NACOS in Abuja urged Nigerian youths to strive to dominate the 4.0 technology space in the next five years.
“Since India dominates the software space, South Korea dominates the electronics, and Israel dominates the Cyber security space while America and China dominate the Platform Economy, It is my ambition to get Africa youths to dominate the 4.0 Technology space, so that in the next five years, the best Artificial Intelligence engineer, greatest DevOps engineer, best Data Scientists will all be Africans, but not only Africans but the youths I have mentored”, the New Horizon CEO said.
Meanwhile, at the annual conference that took place at Nile University, Abuja, NACOS leadership described Mr. Akano as one of the “major pillars in the ICT transformation in Nigeria, especially with regards to the youth empowerment and jobs creation”.
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NACOS President, Chihurumnanya Nwanevu appreciated the New Horizons CEO for his pioneering role in integrating ICT certification-based training into the university academic curriculum about 18 years ago.
“This decision has changed the Technology Map of Nigeria forever”, Nwanevu said.
The New Horizons initiative that empowers over 100,000 youths across Nigeria universities was also described by NACOS President as “incredibly rewarding, and a game changer for the youths”.
Mr Akano is equally commended for setting up One Africa Initiatives Academy, a Pan Africa NGO focusing on building the generation of African leaders that will rebuild Africa OAI Academy focuses on upgrading the skills of African Youths in four areas: Entrepreneurship, Technology, Leadership, and Good Citizenship.
One Africa Initiatives Academy consists of over 10,000 youths from 50 African countries. Members of the Academy have opportunities to attend free Masterclasses organized by OAI once a month online.
