Percy Onyeka
According to Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Nigeria will surpass India as the country that exports the most skilled technology personnel worldwide.
Tijani made this statement during a Monday interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
The minister stated that providing jobs for the hordes of young Nigerians is the main goal of one of his ministry’s signature initiatives.
Tijani claims that the goal of the initiative, which is designed to train three million technical talent in four years, is to make Nigeria, like India, a net exporter of technological talent.
“We want to make Nigeria a net exporter of technology talents, and by net exporter, we don’t mean that people necessarily live abroad because within the technology space you can now work remotely.
“I have been part of the tech space for the last 15 years as well. The current development in the tech startup space is being driven by less than 10,000 technical talents.
“The Almighty Andela which is a well-known startup that does training do not train up to 10,000 people in Nigeria, yet they have been quite successful in helping to strengthen that ecosystem.
“So, if where we are today is being built by less than 10,000, imagine when we train talents. Talent is the prerequisite for our digital economy. When we train people they can build, we can export.
“India did it, it is nothing new. India was the source of technology talents for many years, it is our time because we have everything it takes to be able to get there.”
Techrectory with Agency Report
