Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), a Pan African Systems Integration Company has highlighted the importance of Information Technology (IT) skills development among Nigerian university graduates.
The group is of the view that training of graduates in IT will not only prepare Nigerian graduates for the labour market, but will also boost sales and business growth in Nigeria.
Speaking at a recent graduation ceremony of another set of students from CWG’s Sales Academy in Lagos, Mr. James Agada, chief technology officer at CWG, , said: “The world can only be ruled by people who have the selling skill, because we all have something to offer but your ability to convince others to buy is what makes the difference.
Thus, the Sales Academy creates the avenue to impact its students with the required selling skills that will enable them excel in their career.”
According to him, considering the role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the economy and its growth rate, raising human capital that can sell the value appropriately to the users becomes imperative. “Contrarily, so many fresh graduates lack the required skill for immediate employment especially in the IT field. It was on this heel that CWG has established the Sales Academy to bridge the gap”, he said.
CWG recently graduated another set of students from its Sales Academy in Lagos. The graduating students were of the 2013 first session and they successfully completed six weeks of intensive classroom work, practical training and live project attachments.
The CWG Sales Academy, formerly called DCC Sales Academy, emanated from DCC Networks, the Communication division of Computer Warehouse Group in 2012 with the mission to provide experiential knowledge on selling of IT products and services for fresh and experienced graduates who wish to hone their selling skills. It was however transformed into CWG Sales Academy this year in order to provide a holistic sales training in the three IT disciplines of Hardware, Software and Communications for the students.
Agada who chaired the graduation ceremony, also congratulated the graduates and charged them to give attention to the knowledge they have acquired from the academy.
Both the alumni from DCC Sales Academy and the graduating students from CWG Sales Academy were glad to give testimonials of the impact of the academy on their career. Sogbamu Segun and Excel Chukwuewube both alumni of DCC Sales Academy shared testimonials of the transformation they have experienced in their careers and life as a result of their participation in the academy while three graduating students; Oluwatobi Ojomo, Olayisade Adekunle and Damilola Oluwatunmise on behalf of the others, shared testimonials on their experiences at the academy respectively.
The next session of the CWG Sales Academy will commence in October 2013, and it is open to and anyone with a first degree from any discipline who is interest in acquiring skills in Information Technology.