The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under the leadership of the federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy brings to yet another exciting Digital capacity building opportunity.
Coursera is a global virtual learning platform that has affiliation with many Ivy League universities across the world. NITDA partnered with Coursera to access licenses for its citizens through the paid partnership on the « Coursera for Government » initiative.
Three learning pathways have been designed to support the development of Nigeria’s digital economy and the tech ecosystem as follows:
- Tech Learning Pathway: Tech Learning Pathway: This is focused on specific areas of IT including data engineering, data science, data analytics, mobile and web development, IT security and infrastructure
- Career Readiness Pathway: Career Readiness Pathway – This is for recent graduates to excel by gaining career readiness skills including self-awareness, career development, job search, job success, digital literacy, digital job readiness, and productivity tools, as well as emerging technologies including big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain.
- Entrepreneurship Pathway: Entrepreneurship Pathway – This is for unemployed youths and start-up founders to learn digital entrepreneurship skills, start-up finance, design thinking, communication skills, creative thinking, and product management for managing their businesses.
About National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
In December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases from an unknown virus surfaced in Wuhan, China. Based on initial laboratory findings, the disease named Coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated as COVID-19), was described as an infectious disease that is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The COVID-19 outbreak has since spread to about 196 countries and territories in every continent and one international conveyance across the globe. While there are ongoing efforts to curtail the spread of infection which is almost entirely driven by human-to-human transmission, it has accou... read more
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NITDA/Coursera Digital capacity building Scholarships
| Application Deadline | Not Specified |
| Type | Entrepreneurs |
| Sponsor | National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Requirements for NITDA/Coursera Digital capacity building Scholarships Qualification
Open to
- Unemployed Youths.
- Recent graduates.
Application Deadline
Not SpecifiedHow to Apply
To Apply, use the application links for the specific pathway you are interested in.
For more details,visit NITDA website
