Frontline publishing house, eBusiness Life has announced the
partnership for its International Girls in ICT Day 2016 with the Nigerian
Communications Commission and MTN Nigeria, reports ITRealms.
Editor of the publication, Mr. Chidebere Nwankwo, in a press
statement made available to ITRealms newsroom, quoted the chief executive
officer, eBusiness Life Communication, Mrs. Ufuoma Emuophedaro, as saying the
event underscores awareness among young girls on the need to embrace careers in
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
She also said that the Nigerian telecom regulator, NCC and
dominant telecom operator, MTN has indicated their interest to be part of this
year’s campaign, scheduled to hold in Lagos on April 28, 2016 at the Lagos
Oriental Hotel, the fifth since eBusiness Life joined the annual campaign in
2012.
She stressed that the initiative is part of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) programmes geared at sensitizing
young girls and encouraging them to take up Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) as a career.
The NCC, she said, has consistently partnered with eBusiness
Life in driving this campaign since inception as part of the regualtor’s
readiness to enter into strategic alliances with the private sector as well as
international organizations for the actualization of the ICT vision.
In addition, she said, NCC collaboration would spur development
of human capital in the country with emphasis on creating and supporting a
knowledge-based economy.
On the other hand, she said, MTN’s support is borne out of
the quest to ensure that the Nigerian girl child is presented with all options
available in shaping her career and ensuring that the profession of ICT is
demystified among females.
The company has consistently engaged in development of human
capital through various initiatives, including this partnership with
eBusinesslife as one of such vehicles that will help the operator achieve its
goals.
According to the chief executive officer of eBusiness Life
Communication, Mrs. Ufuoma Emuophedaro, the need to sensitise young girls is
premised on the fact that the society has unconsciously relegated the female
gender and delegated careers in technical fields, especially in ICT, to their
male counterparts.
According to her, effort should be made to introduce young
girls to career opportunities in technical fields in both the public and private
sectors to help them have a wider range of options and contribute their quota
in the industry and in the development of the economy.
She stated that the ICT Girls’ Day workshop and attending
campaign will further open up opportunities for girls in ICT sector.
e-Business Life Magazine is a monthly Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) Magazine incorporated to bringing better
information that would link users and service providers as well as enable
Nigeria take its pride of place among the comity of nations in the new global
economy by furthering the cause of ICT.
The mission at e-Business Life Magazine is to inform and
educate ICT users on trends and developments both locally and internationally;
to provide a platform on which to build ICTs in Nigeria and also to be a voice
for ICT consumers in the country. In addition we are poised to create a world
where Nigerian youths have a better understanding of modern technologies and
can easily deploy these technologies in developing their communities.
Chuks Egbuna/GEE
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