HTC Mulls Youths ‘TechPreneurship’ Skills Development Programme

High Tech Centre (HTC), a non-governmental organisation will be training youths in Nigeria on how to develop ICT skills that will transform them into technology entrepreneurs at its 2016 ICT Summer Academy Camp (ISAC) holding at strategic locations across the country.

The ICT Summer Academy Camp (ISAC) is a yearly event for youths from the ages of 15 and above and from secondary schools to tertiary institutions as well as the informal sector of the country.

Dr. (Mrs.) Wunmi Hassan, president and chief executive officer of High Tech Centre, said that the theme for the 2016 ISAC training  is “Local Contents in ICT: Building Skills for Tech-preneurial Attainments”

According to her, the ICT Camp will build ICT capacity and skills in all participants in all fields of Information Technology; train them on how to commercialise their invented products and services as well as empowered them with ICT tools for entrepreneurship development.

She said that the Camp will engage the youths in indigenous designs related to hardware, Software and other relevant skills for solving immediate national challenges.

Highlights of the Camp, she said, will include Computer Appreciation; Hardware mechanisms and PC configurations; Programming and Web design; Internet and Networking; Online marketing tools for entrepreneurship development; Coding techniques and Mobile Apps development; Cyber Crime and National Security: Issues, Opportunities and Options for Young people and Social Media and Technology Based Models for Business Developments.

Dr. Hassan said that the Camp is for Youths (Male and Female) from ages 15 and above from institutions and informal sectors, Senior Secondary School Students, Teachers from Primary and Secondary schools comes at minimal cost of N25, 000 per participant.

The ISAC will run for one week in a State within each of the geo-political Zones of the federation starting with Abuja: 7th-13th August, Anambra: 14th-20th August, Cross River: 21st-27th August, Lagos: 28th August-3rd September. Other states are Taraba: 4th-10th September, Kano: 11th-17th September.

According to the President/CEO, other exciting package outlined to make the 2016 ISAC worth attending are a Quiz Competition that will examine the knowledge gained by the participants at the end of the teachings and learning.

“Reward for the best participants include assistance on  self-employed business and empowerment, N250,000 for the overall winner with a laptop the second runner up winners goings home with a laptop each as well as internet data pack. To take part in the 2016 ISAC, youths are to register by filling a form online,” she said.