FG Unveils Strategy To Stop Japa
The Federal Government has drafted the national business processing outsourcing strategy to nip in the bud the growing level of brain drain, popularly known as Japa in the country.
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi ,Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency,NITDA, ,who disclosed this at the Cisco Incubation and Innovation launch, also said the development was necessary in order to make productive use of young Nigerians to enable them match global demands.
He said there are 16000 young Nigerians engaged in business outsourcing all over the world, but the government is desirous of multiplying this number through the business processing outsourcing strategy………………………CONTINUE READING
According to him, the strategy will also ensure that Nigeria overtakes India as the global preferred outsourcing destination through its talented ,creative and energetic young population.
He recalled the recent Memorandum, if Understanding the Federal government had with Cisco on improved public digital transformation, adding that the launch of the company’s innovation and incubation hub would deepen Cisco’s interest in Nigeria’s technological advancement through requisite investment and empowerment of start-up companies in the country.
He also said the launch of the hub aligns with the agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to open up the country’s economy through digital prospect.
Cisco, he said, had already trained over 410,000 Nigeria, adding that the coming on stream of the company’s academy and other agreements the country have with global technology companies would put-paid to the country’s meeting its 95percent digital literacy target in few years.
Speaking, Guy Diederich, Senior Vice President and the Global Innovation Officer at Cisco, expressed his company’s interest in deepening digital transformation in Nigeria on the strength of active young population.
The launch of the hub, he noted, will bring out requisite sustainable ecosystem in Nigeria, adding that students would also be trained on critical digital skill that would pave way for them in entrepreneurship and access to networking. ……………………..CONTINUE READING
He disclosed that over 50 countries have embraced Cisco’s digital skill programmes, while over 1600 projects have been executed lately.
Also speaking,Francine Katsouda Executive Vice President,Chief People,Policy ,Purpose Office,Cisco,said17million students trained all over the world under the company’s digital skill programmes.
Katsouda hinted that the company offers $100m grant for startup that has interest in the environment and tremendous opportunities and growth in Africa.
