{"id":13736,"date":"2023-08-15T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=13736"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T13:25:43","slug":"mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN ICT and Business Skills Training Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/studygreen.info\/mtn-ict-and-business-skills-training-initiative\/\">MTN ICT and Business Skills Training<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Applications are invited from young entrepreneurs in ICT and other skills to apply for the 2023 MTN ICT and Business Skills Training Initiative which is a flagship program of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/studygreen.info\/tag\/mtn-foundation-scholarship\/\"><strong>MTN Foundation<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Youth Empowerment cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative has been implemented across Nigeria to develop and horn ICT and Business skills. It is aimed at building the capacity of young people in the area of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studygreen.info\/tag\/ict-jobs\/\"><strong>ICT<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and Entrepreneurship skills, such that their employability and entrepreneurial abilities are enhanced. The programme will be implemented in partnership with Google, Oracle, and Cisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme Sponsor(s):&nbsp;<\/strong>MTN Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme to be taken in:&nbsp;<\/strong>Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme Level:&nbsp;<\/strong>Young professionals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme Slot:&nbsp;<\/strong>300<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nationality:\u00a0<\/strong>Nigerians<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants must be between the age of 18 and 35 to be eligible to apply for training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must demonstrate the passion for ICT and Entrepreneurship skills development to enhance their employability and entrepreneurial potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must be willing to abide by the guidelines governing the conducts of successful applicants of the initiative.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants are to note that the current phase of the programmes is scheduled for youth who reside and operate their businesses in Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Borno, Cross River, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Oyo and Rivers States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must be willing to be good ambassadors of the programme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Application Procedures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How-to-Apply:&nbsp;<\/strong>Applicants for the 2023 MTN Foundation ICT and Business Skills Training are to visit the official application website and complete the online application form before the application deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:&nbsp;<\/strong>Not specified<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtn.ng\/mtnf-ict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Visit the Official Website for more Details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN ICT and Business Skills Training:&nbsp;Applications are invited from young entrepreneurs in ICT and other skills to apply for the<\/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-13736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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