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Chrisland, Kola Daisi and Trinity Universities Join New Horizons Ecosystem for International Digital Empowerment for Students

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Strategic private universities in Nigeria are evidently blazing the trail in the repositioning of Nigerian undergraduates to leverage the 21st Century opportunities being thrown up through the 4th Industrial Revolution evolvements.

This was further boldly manifested by the strategic decisions of the Managements of three esteemed tertiary Institutions at separate events where they signed Memorandum of Understanding with New Horizons, which is a US-based, world’s largest IT and E Business Skills Training Organization with 370 Centres in 80 Countries and 39 years operational experience globally.

Recalling the atmosphere at the separate Signing events through a press release, the Vice Chancellors of the Universities captured their universities’ visions for producing 21st Century compliant graduates and positioning of their Citadels of Learning at the front row of IT-driven Universities in Nigeria and the world at large in the shortest possible time.

For the Vice Chancellor of KolaDaisi University, Professor Adeniyi Olatunbosun, the University is partnering with New Horizons given its pedigree which aligns well with the vision and mission of the University which emphasize the production of graduates that are able to respond to socio-economic needs through their high employability attributes and competencies. He said the collaboration will enable the students acquire international competencies which will distinguish and enhance their marketability both locally and internationally.

 In the same vein, the Vice Chancellor of Chrisland University, Professor (Mrs) Chinedum Peace Babalola expressed the confidence that based on the feedback from notable Nigerian Universities who had earlier partnered with New Horizons, the partnership was a strategic step to further enhance the realisation of the Institution’s objective to build a new generation of leaders through the education of the total graduates who have both academic excellence, morals and internationally-rated IT and E Business professionalism, which will boost their post-graduation employability and entrepreneurial chances.

On the same note, the Vice Chancellor of Trinity University, Professor Charles Ayo, strongly emphasised that the University is very much concerned with production of graduates that will be able to stand taller than their counterparts in terms of academic and professional competencies by seamlessly leverage the 4th industrial Revolution technology for post-graduation lucrative employments and self-employments as wealth creators.

 He said being a professor of Computer Science himself, the University is ensuring that all the students of the University irrespective of their disciplines are mandatorily put under the IT scheme such that Trinity University will become the Nigeria national IT Hub that will produce Nigeria Young Technopreneurs like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Google Guys, Phillip Emeagwali, etc. in the shortest time possible and consequently outsource such experts.

The MD/CEO New Horizons Nigeria, Engineer Tim Akano, commended the Managements of the Universities for their unusual bold step to synergise with the experts from the industry through the adoption of the international certification-based IT/E Business skills and project-oriented empowerments for the students, as obtained with other sixteen Nigerian University Partners.

He said it is high time Nigerian Universities become the factory for the production of 21st century-ready graduates who can rival their counterparts anywhere in the world in terms of lucrative employability and self-employments, since they are bound to compete with graduates from across the world.

 He further said Nigerian Universities can re-position through the partnerships as high-tech/IT research Centres through the leverage of 4th Industrial Revolution technology and produce novel IT-facilitated products which can generate billions of dollars to them from international investors.

 He said this was what obtained in world-class Universities like Hebrew, MIT, Stanford, among others that are financially buoyant through leverage of IT-based technological researches.

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How MTN’s Endorsement Changed 17-year Davido’s Musical Career

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Davido’s reputation as “Omo baba Olowo” (son of a rich man) has never been in question but even the wealthy have been known to enjoy a financial boost from time to time. The Afro-pop star revealed he received his big boost as a teenager when telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria came calling with a N20 million naira endorsement deal.  

“I remember when MTN, a telecommunication company, came, and they were like they want to do endorsement, but then he (Dad) was like how much, and I said 20 million. I was like I’m 17. Nobody (had) seen that kind of money. Wow, this is from music, and it’s off like two songs, of course.”

Davido further explained that the deal came at the right time as it proved to be the incentive needed to convince his multi-billionaire father, Dr Adedeji Adeleke of the potential in the music business.

“I’m like, ‘Daddy see, we can do this’. “He built me a studio and gave me some money to run my stuff and did my first album, and it came out really really successful.”

Davido was the face of MTN Pulse between 2012 and 2016 and during that time the pop star dropped hit songs like Aye, Skelewu, and Gobe to mention a few whilst picking up a number of awards along the way.

Davido has since risen to become one of Africa’s biggest musical export, selling out various venues across the world including the O2 Arena in London, performing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, earning billions of streams across multiple platforms and collaborating with some of the world’s biggest artistes. He recently released his fourth studio album “Timeless” which peaked at number 2 on the World Album charts.

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ITU Targets $100bn By 2026 To Accelerate Global Digitalization

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) issued yesterday a worldwide appeal calling to increase the value of pledges for digitalizing the world from the current $30 billion to $100 billion by 2026. 

The appeal by the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies includes a focus on raising the level of resources for universal and meaningful connectivity and digital transformation in the world’s least developed countries (LDCs). 

The announcement of the target was made on World Telecommunications and Information Society Day, observed annually to mark the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and ITU’s founding in 1865. 

ITU secretary-general, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, “Tech is at the top of the global agenda, but the benefits of digital technology are still out of reach for too many people,” said “If we are serious about digitalizing the world in a way that is meaningful and sustainable, we must take action to accelerate digital transformation for everyone.” 

In 2023, ITU’s anniversary is focused on empowering the least developed countries through information and communication technologies using the Partner2Connect Digital Coalition and its online pledging platform. 

The ITU appeal to the public and private sectors encompasses a campaign launched in February 2022 by Partner2Connect to mobilize direct funding or other contributions for connectivity projects in countries registering the lowest on development.

Of the $30 billion already pledged overall, Partner2Connect has identified commitments worth $12 billion to bring the LDCs online as quickly as possible.   

The United Nations defines LDCs as countries that have low levels of income and face severe structural impediments to sustainable development. The call for resources, which comes as the UN strives to rescue its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, stresses the need for the globe’s digital transformation to be environmentally friendly. 

“The digital revolution is a defining force of our era,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. “As the Internet becomes ever more central to value creation and innovation, least developed countries risk falling further behind. We must dramatically improve accessibility and inclusivity and eliminate the digital divide.” 

According to ITU data, 2.7 billion people worldwide were offline in 2022. The digital connectivity divide separating the least developed countries from the rest of the world is widening on key factors such as access, digital skills and affordability. 

Though the globe’s 46 least developed countries are home to almost one-third of the world’s offline population, the Internet is considered to be affordable in only two of those countries. 

At the event marking ITU’s anniversary in Geneva, ITU Secretary-General Bogdan-Martin announced SDG Digital Day, scheduled for 17 September in New York in advance of the UN SDG Summit to review the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

The SDG Digital Day, powered by ITU on behalf of the UN system, will showcase high-impact, sustainable, digitally based solutions that have a game-changing potential to accelerate progress on the SDGs. 

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SmartParcel Introduces Tech-driven Parcel Delivery Service across Nigeria

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SmartParcel, Nigeria and Africa first innovative logistics parcel solution provider has began deployment across strategic locations in Lagos and across Nigeria.

The co-founder/COO of the company, Benjamin Adeyemo spoke during the opening of the Lagos Island Smart Locker locations at Mandilas Building and Andora Best Shopper Mart on Broad Street.

He said, “Businesses and individuals on the Island and across Nigeria now have a new, easy to use, and convenient delivery service powered by smart and innovative technology.”

Adeyemo noted that the easy-to-use solution aims to solve logistics and delivery challenges by creating seamless, smart lockers positioned in strategic locations where users can send and receive items meant for them.  

“The first step is to download the SmartParcel app on Google PlayStore or Apple store. Sign up to get your unique Locker code. The depositor will then use the code to deposit his/her item in the Locker. SmartParcel will then assign a trusted rider to pick up and deliver the item at the recipient closest or preferred SmartParcel collection centre.

 “he recipient gets an instant notification when after the rider drops the parcel at the SmartParcl Locker. The depositor also gets an alert after the parcel is collected by the recipient. Adeyemo further said that the businesses on Lagos Island will enjoy a maximum of 12 hours delivery circle,” he added.

Speaking at the launch, a business owner, Aisha, who uses the service said, she discovered “I discovered SmartParcel at VGC. I downloaded the app “Smartparcelng” and I was signed to the service within minutes. I contacted my client and told him about the SmartParcel locker which coincidentally happened to be very close to his house and he was able to retrieve his item easily just by using the code.”

SmartParcel currently has location partnership with NIPOST that allows this innovative service to be enjoyed by all Nigerians across the 774 local government areas of the country.

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