Business Day (Nigeria)

Hiit to empower 2,500 Nigerian youths through ICT training

- JUMOKE AKIYODE-LAWANSON

Hiit Plc, Nigeria’s Informatio­n and Communicat­ions Technology (ICT) Training firm, is set to empower about 2,500 Nigerian graduates across the country by offering trainings and certificat­ion in core digital skills.

The company confirmed that 60 or more residents each from the 36 states of the federation and the FCT will be shortliste­d for this exercise. Hiit has therefore advised that interested persons to visit visit its website to confirm qualificat­ion for the opportunit­y, adding that a Nigerian graduate, who is not older than 35 years, is qualified to apply.

“It will, however, be on first come, first served basis, as the company would not exceed the number of slots it has prepared to cater for under this offer,” Hiit stated.

The company has excelled in IT training/education, publishing, IT consultanc­y and IT solutions developmen­t and services in the country over the last 25 years.

Kayode Shobajo, The chief executive officer of Hiit, said that a 60 percent discount would be offered under the exercise on 30 globally trending ICT courses via Hiit online training portal - an instructor led training portal.

“To qualify for a discount voucher, all a graduate needs do is to visit the website or scan a QR code that is visibly displayed on the website. The discount voucher offer will close on October 10 and will be valid for a period of one year, October 1, 2021,” Shobajo said.

Some of the courses that will be on offer on the programme include certificat­e in digital literacy, digital marketing, certified ethical hacker, graphic design, python programmin­g, web design, Java programmin­g, data analysis, Microsoft Excel (advanced) and COMPTIA N+.

Others include Javascript programmin­g, Python for data science, cloud computing and PHP programmin­g, among others.

Shobajo highlighte­d the huge success that the company’s recent scholarshi­p programme for Nigerian universiti­es students recorded as its contributi­on to COVID- 19 pandemic. About N20 million worth of scholarshi­ps were offered to students in Nigerian universiti­es.

He said that Hiit online training offers instructor-led training coupled with other training methodolog­y including l ive interact ive classe s , videos, slides, whiteboard­s and simulation labs to impact Informatio­n Technology (IT) skills that are in huge demands by employers.

According to the testimonie­s of some recent graduates of Hiit online training, it has really impacted on their capacity to be more productive and employable.

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