{"id":13552,"date":"2023-08-09T14:31:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=13552"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:31:52","slug":"mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-n90-million-grant-for-300-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-n90-million-grant-for-300-participants\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN ICT and Business Skills Training (N90 Million Grant for 300 Participants)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MTN ICT and Business Skills Training is a Youth Development initiative aimed at equipping young entrepreneurs between 18 and 35 years with tech enabled skills to keep their small businesses relevant and competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training will be delivered through a 5-week online programme which includes Masterclasses from key industry experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants will be given data for the duration of the programme to support a seamless learning experience. Not only that, the top 300 participants will be supported with an Equipment Grant worth N90,000,000! Yes, you read that right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with some of our ecosystem partners \u2013 Oracle, KPMG, IBM, Digital Bridge Institute, CISCO, Google, Meta, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/msmeafricaonline.com\/call-for-applications-mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-n90-million-grant-for-300-participants\/#\">search&nbsp;Microsoft<\/a>, 5 Phases of the ICT and Business Skills Training have been implemented in 16 states since 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Borno, Cross River, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Oyo and Rivers. So far 4,036 young people have completed this programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this 6th phase, 3000 youths will participate in the ICT and Business Skills Training to be implemented in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/msmeafricaonline.com\/call-for-applications-mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-n90-million-grant-for-300-participants\/#\">search&nbsp;Microsoft<\/a>&nbsp;and Meta. It promises to be enlightening as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Microsoft<\/strong>&nbsp;will train participants on Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age, ICT for Business Success and their new Generative AI skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meta<\/strong>&nbsp;will train participants on Skills to Build Brands and Grow Businesses Online through their Meta Boost Small Business Studios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age<\/strong>:&nbsp;Nigerian male or female 18 \u2013 35 years old<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Business<\/strong>:&nbsp;Own and manage a small business that has been in operation for no longer than 2 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Own and manage a small business located in one of the following states \u2013 Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Kebbi, Niger, Yobe state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get more details and apply&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.mtnonline.com\/icttraining\/?_ga=2.138650355.1321731689.1691582755-522002582.1688473603\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN ICT and Business Skills Training is a Youth Development initiative aimed at equipping young entrepreneurs between 18 and 35<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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