A Non-Governmental
\nOrganisation, Hacey Health Initiative, on Thursday said it would train 57 Nigerian girls in software engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICT) entrepreneurship.
\nThe Project Director of the NGO, Mr Isiah Owolabi, said this at a pre-training session tagged; \u201cCode4Impact\u2019\u2019.
\nHe said that the training was being put together in conjunction with Access Bank and the United States\u2019 Consulate General.
\nOwolabi said the programme would be free for the beneficiaries, adding that it was geared \u00fdtoward addressing the problems of the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs).
\nHe said that technology was the biggest way to accelerate entrepreneurship development and achieve the SDGs, by giving more access to education and close the gender-gap in the education sector.
\nAccording to Owolabi, the programme aims at training young girls as software engineers and ICT entrepreneurs.
\nThe director said the girls would be trained on how to create mobile word application, games and also utilise micro electronics.
\nOwolabi said the\u00a0 girls, between ages 18 years and 30 years, were selected among 1,518 applicants based on their interests and willingness to acquire knowledge in ICT.
\n.He said the beneficiaries would undergo the programme every Saturday, beginning from April 2, for 12 weeks.
\n\u201cWe cannot train all the girls in Nigeria to become coders or ICT\u00a0 entrepreneurs.
\n\u201cBut, we believe the selected girls can be\u00a0 a point of contact for so many communities and other young girls,\u2019\u2019 he said.
\nAlso speaking, the Head of Sustainability unit, Access Bank,\u00a0 Mrs Omobolanle Laniyan, said the bank partnered the organisers because there was a global focus on empowering women and addressing the challenges of the SDGs.
\nLaniyan said the programme was unique as it aimed at utilising Information Technology (IT) to provide innovative solutions to challenges of the SDGs.
\nShe said the programme would harness the high potentials\u00a0 in women, as females have the ability to do multiple tasks at the same time.
\n\u201cWhen you empower a woman, you empower the society because women gently influence decisions in the home, which translate into the society,\u2019\u2019 she said.
\nAccording to Laniyan, the organisers are optimistic that the participants will turn out to become computer applications and IT experts as well as being coders at the end of the programme.
\nSimilarly, Mrs Dehab Ghebreab, the Public Affairs Officer of the United States Consulate General, said the consul was proud to partner the organiser in developing\u00a0 young girls.
\nGhebreab remarked that training\u00a0 young girls in coding and ICT entrepreneurship was a great innovation that was worth the investment.
\nShe advised girls to be focused and dedicated, so that they could become ICT entrepreneurs and coders which would solve the challenges of the SDGs.
\nA participant, Miss Kemi Rotimi, told newsmen that she was happy to be among the beneficiaries.
\nRotimi, a young graduate, said she was interested in ICT, coding and Web developing\u00a0 and this would avail her the opportunity to explore it.
\nThe Tide source reports that the training would hold at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) every Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5p.m. from April 2.
\nThe event would be supported by some computer companies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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