….. Sets To Provide 500,000 jobs for Youth , Others
Adewumi Ademiju, Ado -Ekiti
A Non-Governmental-Organisation( NGO), Bridgewaters Foundation, has concluded arrangement for a digital innovation initiative.
This according to the foundation is to guarantee the transformation of Ekiti into a leading innovation hub in Africa ,with the creation of over 10,000 jobs for youths in the State.
The project tagged: ‘Automate Ekiti’, is a digital, innovation and entrepreneurship skills acquisition/empowerment programs for youths, elders indigenes and residents in Ekiti.
Automate Ekiti is a debut for the DIGNOVATE AFRICA PROJECT a platform to equip young Africans with digital, innovation and entrepreneurship skills to forge social impact and provide indigenous , yet adaptable solutions to Africa’s grand challenges
The brain behind the project Mr. Segun Oke, told journalists that his plan to automate Ekiti with broad based digital empowerment is borne out of his desire to contribute his quota to the task of warding off poverty from the continent of Africa .
,Oke, the MIT and M.Sc trained chartered accountant, philanthropist and innovation expert said he is starting the empowerment programme from Ekiti, his home based
He added that the Governor Kayode Fayemi led administration drives for a knowledge economy aligned with the foundation’s drive to foster digital economy as a means to promote abundance across Africa.
His words, : “The arm race for human intelligence is certainly heating up and defining the prosperity of nations, so also is the fundamental determinant of wealth shifting from commodity to creativity and innovation. Converging technologies (AI, Internet of things, Robotics, Drones, Block Chain, Crypto Currency, Virtual or augmented reality and rapid advancements in computing power) are multiplying government efficiency, societal productivity and democratization of governance”
*Photo: Gov Fayemi