Global Wissen Consult, a Sweden-Nigerian firm is partnering with education experts in Nigeria to boost digital education and enhance skills acquisition for youths through digital programmes in the country.
Oscar Nwokeji, Co-founder of the firm, said at a stakeholder’s roundtable that its goal was to address digital illiteracy in the country and digitize the Nigerian economy through the deployment of its products.
Nwokeji, at the meeting hosted by the Embassy of Sweden in Abuja, said that Global Wissen Consult, a social development enterprise, was established to pass the light of digital literacy to youths through modern ways of learning.
He said that the firm, which believed in bridging the gaps in digital learning for youths in Nigeria, also poised to provide individuals with everything needed to survive in today’s digital world.
According to him, the firm offers and runs digital entrepreneurship and skills members clubs in universities. This club provides students with the knowledge, tools and skills needed to leverage the digital space.
The programme is with the theme “why digital literacy is crucial for your child’s future.”
The programme, which is designed for students as a platform that offers everything needed to leverage the digital space, brought together students, parents, the university community and education experts.
According to him, the digital economy is actually achievable that is why the firm is also putting more effort to achieve this goal. He said that was why the firm organised such an event like this, where parents and university officials could meet and fashion a way forward.
He said that the event was to sensitise stakeholders about countless opportunities in the digital space, create awareness among guardians on the benefits of ensuring their children are digitally literate and skilled.
He said that from findings, Nigerians have digital skills with competent entrepreneurs, hence the development of the digital economy would not be a problem.
“The Swedish government is supporting the project 100 per cent. We are making things also attractive to other Swedish companies to come into Nigeria,” he said.
Ambassador of Sweden to Nigeria, Carl Michael Grans, lauded the initiative of the firm which he said would help Nigerians take advantage of digital space for skill development.
The ambassador believed that the operations of the enterprise would also increase the employability rate among young people.
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