COVID-19: 30 million people acquire digital skills from Micr

COVID-19: 30 million people acquire digital skills from Microsoft during pandemic


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Microsoft has revealed that it helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, topping its initial goal of 25 million last June.
According to the Country Manager, Microsoft Nigeria, Akin Banuso, this is extending the company’s commitment to helping 250,000 companies make a skills-based hire in 2021.
He said the unemployment rate in the country is estimated at 33.3 per cent, this can be attributed to the loss of jobs attributed to the pandemic and the skills gaps required to thrive in the Post-Covid era.
He further noted that “It is essential for the youth populace to be up-skilled with the right combination of technical and soft skills to immediately make a difference in the workplace. With programmes like the Global Skilling Initiative (GSI) which has reached 30 million people worldwide. In Nigeria, we have seen an uptake and impact numbers where over 196,000 learners have been engaged to date.”

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