{"id":66582,"date":"2022-11-14T15:38:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=66582"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:38:32","slug":"unity-bank-kitian-training-hub-partner-to-empower-over-300-youths-with-digital-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/unity-bank-kitian-training-hub-partner-to-empower-over-300-youths-with-digital-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Bank, Kitian Training Hub Partner To Empower Over 300 Youths With Digital Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAPTION:<\/b>\u00a0A cross-section of the participants of the Skill Up training programme<\/i><\/p>\n

In\u00a0a bid to promote SDG 8 for decent work and economic growth,\u00a0Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc is\u00a0collaborating\u00a0with Kitian Training Hub, an Ibadan-based career advice and skills acquisition training centre to empower no fewer than 300 youths from Oyo State with different knowledge and\u00a0skills designed to better equip beneficiaries to make career advancement.<\/p>\n

With the intervention, the Bank is providing support for sponsoring the youth training programme\u00a0at the Kitian Training Hub set up to facilitate\u00a0technical and vocational courses and thus\u00a0drive digital skills acquisition among Nigerian youths and prepare them for job opportunities in the bourgeoning technology sector.<\/p>\n

The fully-funded, “Skill Up”\u00a0training programme focused on both digital and non-digital skills training, including graphics design, web design, UI\/UX design, fashion design, domestic electrical installations, MS Word suite and data analytics.<\/p>\n

This partnership further underscores the Bank\u2019s ongoing commitment to boosting capacity for the digital economy through strategic digital skills training programmes and empowering the youths to acquire critical skills required to play an active part in the thriving digital economy.<\/p>\n

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CAPTION:\u00a0<\/b>From left: Mr Adekunle Rafiu, General Manager, Kitian Training Hub; Hon. Victor Olojede, Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Oyo State on Students\u2019 Affairs; Mrs Taiwo Oshunniyi, CEO, Kitian Training Hub and Dr. Opeyemi Ojesina, Head, Retail & SME Banking, Unity Bank Plc at the opening ceremony to kick off the Skill Up training programme in Ibadan recently.<\/i><\/p>\n

Recall that\u00a0the Bank earlier this year collaborated with Alternate School Africa, a software training school in Lagos, as part of activities to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day and\u00a0empower young female engineers looking to acquire core software development skills and pursue a career in the information technology sector.<\/p>

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To enrich the content of the Kitian Training Hub “Skill Up” programme, the Bank anchored training on financial intelligence and business development for the beneficiaries, thereby preparing them for a life of entrepreneurship through the training.<\/p>\n

Unity Bank\u2019s Head of Retail & SME Banking, Dr. Opeyemi Ojesina who anchored the session exposed\u00a0the students to the rudiments of managing and growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n

In his further assessment of the\u00a0collaborative initiative, Dr. Ojesina was satisfied with the content of the programme which according to him is not only scenario-based learning but also a well-packaged delivery style effective\u00a0to close\u00a0the gap between theory and practical; adding: “it will change the mindset of participants to easily take on the next big thing in their lives”.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bank recognises that technology and innovation form the bedrock of the workforce that can take on\u00a0the future, which is why we keep collaborating with relevant institutions that are moving in this direction” Mr Opeyemi quips.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at Unity Bank\u2019s strategic initiatives and collaborations over the past few years, from corpreneurship, which is for fresh graduates; to a partnership on building capacity in the blue economy,\u00a0and then to the most recent partnership with Alternate School Africa for female software engineers, you would realise\u00a0the pattern of the Bank’s intervention and commitment to the society, especially to the youths: that buttresses what the Bank stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chief Executive Officer of Kitian Training Hub, Mrs Taiwo Oshunniyi, commended the Bank for the partnership, stating\u00a0that the partnership has helped the Hub to meet its objective of closing the widening skill gap within the economy.<\/p>\n

Oshunniyi said, \u201cWe appreciate all our partners, especially Unity Bank Plc. The training should fill some unemployment gaps. Some of our students picked courses in which they already have an interest, and with the knowledge, they will gain here, they will enhance their skills and even provide employment for other people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In\u00a0a bid to promote SDG 8 for decent work and economic growth,\u00a0Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc is\u00a0collaborating\u00a0with Kitian Training Hub, an Ibadan-based career advice and skills acquisition training centre to empower no fewer than 300 youths from Oyo State with different knowledge and\u00a0skills designed to better equip beneficiaries to make career advancement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":66583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[10014,2775,7824],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-66582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-kitian-training-hub","tag-unity-bank","tag-unity-bank-plc"],"yoast_head":"\nUnity Bank, Kitian Training Hub Partner To Empower Over 300 Youths With Digital Skills - 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