A non-profit tech organisation, Tekisite, has completed its last phase of digital skills empowerment for young people and basic school students for 2022.
The last phase of this year’s tech project by the organisation was held recently in the Odo Ayandelu community in Lagos.
According to the founder of the organisation, Abass Oyeyemi, teenagers and youths in the community were trained in in-demand digital skills such as software development, product design, graphic design, project management, and photography.
He noted that Tekisite runs its own curriculum with much focus on taking teenagers through their developmental stages of learning digital skills.
Oyeyemi stated that their objective is to disrupt poverty growth in Africa by empowering teenagers and youths to join the global digital economy.
“While we have exceeded training over two thousand students in 2022,” Oyeyemi said, “2023 would be more impactful, as we are going to change the narrative by creating youths that are of value and are employable.”
In the course of the project, the Tekisite team visited mosques and churches in the community to campaign against cybercrime and social vices.
They also spoke to parents of the children on the dangers of cybercrime and also on the opportunities embedded in the global digital economy.
The Alayandelu of Odo-Ayandelu, Oba Aderibigbe Asunmo, while making his remarks, commended the Tekisite team members for their resilience and selflessness.
Oba Asunmo warned the youths to shun cultism, gangsterism, and cyber fraud, adding that, “Righteousness would always exalt a nation.”
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