Honeywell Group, LSETF graduate first cohort of talent development programme

The first cohort of 18 students that participated in the Lagos Innovates Talent Development Programme, an initiative by Honeywell Group and the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), recently had a virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the completion of the program which began in October, 2019 and ended in February 2020.

The talent development programme aims to ensure that Nigeria keeps apace with changes in technologies and competencies that will define the 21st century and beyond. Hence, Honeywell Group Limited partnered LSETF to help youth in Lagos State acquire relevant skills required to compete in today’s global market.

Addressing the graduating class, Tomi Otudeko, the chairman of the programme steering committee and head, innovation and sustainability, Honeywell Group, said; “We are proud of you and we thank you for your commitment, you should be proud that you started this programme and you ended it. It’s a testament to your resolve and dedication.”

“I am proud that Honeywell Group Limited partnered with LSETF to make this a reality. This graduation is happening via a technology platform that did not exist few years ago. Technology is growing at an exponential rate, with new technology springing up at every corner of the world; we want Lagos to also be that corner of the world. We want Lagos to be the place where we are building the platforms of tomorrow,” she added.

Speaking further, Otudeko said it is an interesting time to change careers, a time to innovate and do things in a new way, think of new solutions for the companies you will be working with, live a life of innovation. Continue to build on your technique and the skills you have learnt; you have platforms and access to train yourselves, strive for excellence and be good ambassadors of this programme.

The training partners engaged for the first batch of students were Univelcity and Nesa by Makers. The courses offered were Full Stack Development with Javascript (React JS, Nodejs, Express and Mongo DB + API Development), Full Stack Development for Mobile Applications (React Native, API Development), Python Programming for Web and Data Science. (PYTHON OOP, DJANGO & Data Science, and Frontend Design & Engineering: (UI/UX, HTML, CSS, ES6 & React JS).