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The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif has, on the occasion of International Youth Day, saluted the youth for their immense contribution to the development of Ghana.
The Industrial Training Fund has taken it upon itself to de-escalate the surging poverty and unemployment rate in the country by consistently providing skills acquisition to equip the teeming unemployed Nigerians to stand on their feet. Seriki Adinoyi writes The World Bank recently gave Nigeria a worrisome rating on poverty index, disclosing that in the year 2020 alone, seven million Nigerians were pushed below the poverty line. Expectedly, this has generated reactions from many quarters, most of which were devoted to blaming the government as the cause of the current surging inflation and ge...
Punch Newspapers Sections Published 21 May 2021 The Director General of the Industrial Training Fund, Joseph Ari, on Thursday said the organisation has empowered 11,100 youths with technical skills through the 2020 National Industry Skills Development Programme. He said the aim of the programme was to tackle unemployment and poverty in the country. Ari spoke at the graduation of the programme’s trainees in Abuja. He said, “The 2020 National Industrial Skills Development Programme which was conducted by the Industrial Training Fund amidst the COVID-19 pandemic was part of our efforts to pr...
Waze Malaysia's country lead Kelvin Sim heads to AirAsia's Redbeat Academy Details 14 April 2021 Kelvin Sim, former country lead at Waze Malaysia, has joined Redbeat Academy as commercial director. Redbeat Academy, a collaboration between AirAsia Digital and Waze's parent firm Google, was initially set up to upskill and cross-train AirAsia employees on AI, machine learning, cybersecurity, big data, and software engineering. It officially opened its doors to the public last October. The academy focuses on five segments: AirAsia Allstars, corporate and...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been nominated as one of the top three women leaders who tackled the Covid-19 crisis well. While her efforts to bring Bangladesh into the limelight has been highly appreciated, addressing gender gaps remains a challenge that needs attention, not only through policy adjustments but also by getting down to the nitty-gritty where real challenges lie for ordinary women. When the Bangladesh Government decided to shut down all its educational and training institutions back in March 2020, many students wanted to venture into the online space for education, which seem...