Etisalat’s ETEPP Session Begins

The Etisalat Telecommunications Engineering Postgraduate Programme (ETEPP) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has commenced a new academic session with 16 students. The new set of students makes it the fifth batch of intakes since the programme was launched by Etisalat in 2013. ETEPP is the flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of Etisalat, aimed at bridging the shortage of highly skilled local manpower in the Nigeria’s telecommunications industry. ETEPP is widely recognised as the first of its kind, taught Master’s programme in telecommunications engineering in West Africa. Run in partnership with Plymouth University United Kingdom, the Etisalat Academy in the United Arabs Emirates and Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, the M.Sc. programme runs for 24 months and exposes students to practical training and world-class experience through an internship with Etisalat Nigeria. The top-three students of each set also benefit from an Etisalat-sponsored training at the Etisalat Academy UAE. In addition, Etisalat sponsors lecturers of ABU Zaria, to Plymouth University for Ph.D. programmes, in which they are all conducting innovative research focused on telecommunications engineering. As part of activities to commence the new academic session of ETEPP, Etisalat Nigeria on Tuesday received an Associate Professor of Information-Technology, at Plymouth University, UK, Dr. Mohammed Zaki Ahmed, who was on a working visit to ABU Zaria, to provide capacity building for lecturers as well as mentor students on the programme.