In recognition of the importance of digital skills in today’s job market, the Ezeribe Foundation has partnered with GetBundi Education Technology to equip 20 youths in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State with digital skills.
The beneficiaries who were onboarded on the GetBundi platform, on Sunday, 15th September 2024 at Golden Tulip Hotel in Owerri, the Imo State capital, will see the 20 selected youths receive training on Web Development, Data Analytics, and Digital Marketing on the GetBundi Education Technology platform over a period of four months. This will consist of one month of advanced digital literacy and three months of online live classes with a masterclass every month from industry experts.
At the event in Owerri, the Founder of the Ezeribe Foundation, Prince Chima Anyanwu, represented by the secretary of the foundation Mrs Chinyere Ngozi stated the importance of digital skills in enhancing employability, fostering innovation, and promoting economic development.
Prince Anyanwu said the fully-funded programme is one of the many ways the Ezeribe Foundation is supporting education across Obowo, even as he pledged his commitment to improving the living standards of Obowo youths by helping them to acquire digital skills that are very crucial in today’s world.
Beyond funding the programme, the Ezeribe Foundation also provided functional laptops for each of the trainees with internet modems to ensure seamless learning.
The Founder/CEO of GetBundi, Osita Oparaugo, thanked the Ezeribe Foundation for its support to the youths.
“We believe that Nigerian youths possess the ability and creativity to lead the African digital transformation if given the best chances to learn, which is why we developed GetBundi platform and crafted the courses to help them learn and commercialize innovation. We are sure this is a life-changing opportunity for the beneficiaries. We want more Nigerians to emulate the founders of Ezeribe Foundation and support the youths in their local communities and states. Youth empowerment should not be left for the government alone,” Oparaugo said.
I had an elaborate discussion with Prince Chima Anyanwu after the Sunday event and I can confirm that the next cohort of youth empowerment by Ezeribe Foundation will be a statewide program and he is looking at 305 Imo youths.
He described GetBundi as a hybrid digital skills education institution for African youths and an online STEM education platform for post primary schools delivering high-quality, engaging, and accessible education content from proficient educationalists and industry experts across the world.
“GetBundi College of Technology is approved by the Federal Ministry of Education in Nigeria and the National Board for Technical Education as a tertiary institution,” Oparaugo said.
“We handhold our students and facilitate their learning process all along their curriculum with monthly performance-based tests that allow students to take their theoretical understanding which is knowledge and turn it into the practical application which is skill. Our curriculum is designed to make our students job ready,” he said.
Former Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Barrister Kennedy Ibeh, who was present, gave an undisclosed amount of money to the beneficiaries and promised to support them during the during of the program.
The former Speaker thanked Prince Anyanwu for the human capital development project for Obowo youths, saying that Prince Anyanwu has demonstrated over and over that he is a lover of Obowo and Imo indigenes through various philanthropic gestures.
The Coordinator of the Ezeribe Foundation, Dr. Ohaeri Ngozi Alphonsus, encouraged the beneficiaries to make absolute use of the opportunity to make themselves independent. He reiterated the Ezeribe Foundation’s commitment to the development of talents across Obowo LGA, adding that the December digital skill empowerment programme would be expanded to accommodate even lecturers looking to upskill themselves.
