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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has launched ImoTalentHub.com, a digital talent marketplace in Africa.

The platform connects the state’s rapidly growing ranks of software engineers, data scientists and designers with employers in Lagos, London, Dubai, Silicon Valley and other innovation hubs worldwide.

Anchored in the government’s Skill Up Imo initiative and built in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and the U.S. Market Access Centre, the platform wants to place 100,000 Imo-trained technology professionals in paid global roles by 2026.

In a document yesterday, the Skill Up Imo, which was launched in 2022 by the governor, was planned to move the state from an analogue to a fully digital economy and steer young people away from cultism and Internet fraud.

The state disclosed that the initiative has already graduated more than 40,000 learners through intensive courses in software development, Artificial Intelligence (AI), cyber security and user experience design, creating one of Nigeria’s largest and most capable talent pools.

According to the statement, “ImoTalentHub now turns that classroom success into real employment by giving every graduate a verified profile, a portfolio showcase and access to one-click smart contracts that manage KYC checks, escrow payments and tax compliance.

A fintech company in Shoreditch can therefore hire a back-end engineer in Owerri as quickly and securely as it might recruit in London, paying in pounds or dollars through fully regulated channels and proving that Imo’s digital youth are ready to compete on the world stage.”

Imo State government revealed that the intellectual power behind the curriculum comes from the Sutardja Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology at UC Berkeley, saying Berkeley professors have led boot camps on venture funding and ethical AI, helped equip cloud laboratories powered by NVIDIA GPUs at the new Imo Digital City campus and are creating a Founder Development Programme that offers venture-capital access alongside Berkeley certification.


Source: https://guardian.ng/technology/imo-govt-launches-platform-partners-u-s-varsity-to-train-100000-youths/

Like play like play, Hope Uzodinma would do something that has never been done by any governor in the history of Nigeria. Until then, we keep observing and watching.

Is this man aware of the dilapidated structures of Imo state university trending online?

If he isn't he needs to see the auditorium where the students receive lectures that's leaking

SmartPolician:
Like play like play, Hope Uzodinma would do something that has never been done by any governor in the history of Nigeria. Until then, we keep observing and watching.

Hahah, have you forgotten that Gov Hope is an Apc governor.

You guys will praise your politicians who are in Apc but condemned others for being in Apc.

If it was the presidency that came up with this moves, this same people would have find fault where there shouldn't have been

helinues:
Hahah, have you forgotten that Gov Hope is an Apc governor.

You guys will praise your politicians who are in Apc but condemned others for being in Apc.

If it was the presidency that came up with this moves, this same people would have find fault where there shouldn't have been

Let me explain myself for the umpteen time, I don't care which party a politician belongs to. I just want to see him do what he's supposed to do.

I don't care about who drives the car; I just want to see it moving forward. If I don't see you moving it forward, you have me to contend with. I have repeatedly praised Sanwo-Olu on this forum because I know he's doing a great job.

Thank your stars for the new Nairaland; this rejoinder would've come with a heavy attack!

SmartPolician:
Let me explain myself for the umpteen time, I don't care which party a politician belongs to. I just want to see him do what he's supposed to do.

I don't care about who drives the car; I just want to see it moving forward. If I don't see you moving it forward, you have me to contend with. I have repeatedly praised Sanwo-Olu on this forum because I know he's doing a great job.

Thank your stars for the new Nairaland; this rejoinder would've come with a heavy attack!

Apc is horrible in other places but the best in your region. We have gotten the message. Rest

helinues:
Apc is horrible in other places but the best in your region. We have gotten the message. Rest

APC doesn't work anywhere. It only attracts the wor.st among us with a few exceptions. Hope Uzodinma is the wo.rst of them all. Dude wasted his first 4 years; he's only waking up now.

SmartPolician:
APC doesn't work anywhere. It only attracts the wor.st among us with a few exceptions. Hope Uzodinma is the wo.rst of them all. Dude wasted his first 4 years; he's only waking up now.

If Hope Uzodinma who is an Apc governor can just wake up to be working, why do you think other Apc governors are not doing the same?