By Gabriel Ewepu

ABUJA – THE Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Birotojob, Charles Okwuosa, revealed efforts to equip Nigerian youths with international-standards on software development, digital marketing, AI, cybersecurity, data analysis, among others.

Okwuosa who returned to Nigeria from Qatar, where he led international partnerships and technology expansion initiatives, and on his arrival in Nigeria immediately convened a closed-door high-level strategy summit with senior Nigerian tech experts, trainers, and workforce development specialists, which participants described by as a landmark convergence of technology and national development designed to prepare a new generation of regional tech trainers and digital workforce.

According to him, mentors will be deployed across Nigeria in 2026, and the meeting served as a foundation for what Birotojob calls ‘training-the-trainer for national impact’ Initiative — a programme that will equip Nigerian experts with international-standard tools, curriculum and delivery systems to train thousands of young people in software development, digital marketing, AI, cybersecurity, data analysis, and tech-enabled entrepreneurship across the six geopolitical zones.

He said: “Nigeria has one of the youngest populations in the world. If we fail to skill them, we fail the nation. But if we empower them with tech and digital skills, we unlock trillions of naira in economic value and restore hope to millions.”

He also explained that Birotojob is a globally recognized Nigerian institution, and not just another training centre but globally recognized workforce-development institution, accredited by the 

American Council of Training and Development, ACTD, recognized by Industrial Training Fund, ITF, and affiliated with National Business and Technical Examination Board, NABTEB.

Meanwhile, Bringing Tech Hope to IDP Camps and Vulnerable Communities through its collaboration with the Nation Builders and Reformers Organization, led by Magnus Oku, made it known that Birotojob is now extending its vision beyond conventional classrooms into IDP camps, humanitarian communities, and disadvantaged youth populations.

“This partnership is about restoring dignity, opportunity and national relevance to people who have been displaced by the crisis. We are not giving handouts — we are giving skills that last for a lifetime”, Oku said.

According to him, the proposed partnership with the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction will define a long-term public-private-NGO framework that will see Nigeria become a continental leader in humanitarian digital empowerment and poverty-to-productivity transformation.

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