{"id":10419,"date":"2023-01-28T06:09:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T06:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/?p=10419"},"modified":"2023-01-28T06:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T06:09:51","slug":"digital-expert-academy-promotes-united-states-nigeria-collaboration-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/2023\/01\/28\/digital-expert-academy-promotes-united-states-nigeria-collaboration-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Expert Academy Promotes United States &#8211; Nigeria Collaboration in Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States Consul General Will Stevens joined representatives from leading American tech companies, Nigerian technology and business leaders for the official opening of the Digital Expert Academy in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Founded by 21st Century Technologies, the Digital Expert Academy seeks to create opportunities to train and upskill young Nigerians in artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, machine learning, cloud services, data science, data center management among other tech fields.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering keynote remarks on the theme \u201cTechnology as an Enabler and Tool for Empowerment,\u201d Consul General Will Stevens noted that the U.S. government is committed to supporting programs that provide youth with quality technological learning opportunities. He highlighted the importance of tech skills to Nigeria\u2019s future prosperity and economic competitiveness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"press-quote-block col-sm-6\">\n<blockquote id=\"press-quote\"><p>We hope that by developing local talent in tech fields, we help accelerate medium and long-term growth in Nigeria\u2019s and indeed Africa\u2019s digital economy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Consul General Stevens explained that the Biden Administration\u2019s U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa aims to drive digital transformation and foster a digital ecosystem built on open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet and information and communication technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative is investing in some of Nigeria\u2019s richest resources \u2013 its young people,\u201d said Consul General Stevens. \u201cWe hope that by developing local talent in tech fields, we help accelerate medium and long-term growth in Nigeria\u2019s and indeed Africa\u2019s digital economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chairman &amp; CEO, 21st Century Technologies Group, Wale Ajisebutu, explained that the Digital Expert Academy will help bridge the gap between youth and employers by better connecting young people with the changing needs of the private sector and the skills needed to succeed in the digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the academy will partner with leading American tech companies such as Microsoft and Oracle to provide trainees with world class learning opportunities.\u00a0 The academy, he added, is open to youth who are at least 18 years of age with minimum of a high school diploma.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Mission supports Nigeria\u2019s burgeoning tech scene and encourages the creation of the enabling environment necessary to foster a sector that contributes to a more prosperous future for all its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"n3VNCb KAlRDb\" src=\"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/slide3.jpg\" alt=\"Digital Experts Academy | Home\" data-noaft=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Consul General Will Stevens joined representatives from leading American tech companies, Nigerian technology and business leaders for the official opening of the Digital Expert Academy in Lagos. &nbsp; Founded by 21st Century Technologies, the Digital Expert Academy seeks to create opportunities to train and upskill young Nigerians in artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, machine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,366,329,324,82,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy","category-education","category-investments","category-technology","category-technology-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/tab-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}