About the program:
The 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme, a critical part of the Renewed Hope agenda, is aimed at building Nigeria’s technical talent backbone to power our digital economy and position Nigeria as a net talent exporter. The first phase of the programme, executed in collaboration with NITDA, will involve multiple stakeholders including fellows, training providers, partners and placement organisations. The first phase of the programme kicked off in December 2023 with 30,000 fellows selected across all 36 states and the FCT. The fellows went through an intense learning journey that included self-paced online courses and physical applied learning sessions, executed in partnership with 120+ organizations. The second phase of the programme will train 270,00 technical talents in three cohorts of 60,000, 90,000 and 120,000 respectively. The 3MTT programme is executed in collaboration with hundreds of applied learning clusters, state governments, development agencies and other key stakeholders.
Training Description:
The training is hybrid, meaning that it combines online and in-person components. While the majority of the training can be done remotely, there are aspects that will require in-person training. There will be an entry assessment to determine the skill benchmark for each applicant. This will also be used in selecting the most applicable course for fellows.
kindly note that there is no fee at all for this phase of the programme and the only financial support for this phase of the programme will be the cost of training. Participants will be responsible for transportation, meals and other costs.
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Eligibility criteria:
The fellowship programme is open to everyone. We encourage trainings to also share the fellowship within their communities and networks.
Skills in focus:
For the first phase, The 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme will focus on these twelve (12) technical skills:
- AI / Machine Learning
- Animation
- Cloud Computing
- UI/UX Design
- Data Analysis & Visualization
- Data Science
- DevOps
- Game Development
- Product Management
- Quality Assurance
- Software Development
- Cybersecurity
The 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme are hereby calling on individuals and training providers across Nigeria to apply to the first phase of the 3MTT programme. The rogramme is divided into two catergories. The first being for Fellows who will receive training in specific technical skills that will empower you to be competitive in the local and global technical talent marketplace and the second category being for Training Providers that are looking to join our pool of training providers to train 3 Million fellows across Nigeria as we design an optimal approach to training and placing technical talents
Duration of the program:
The average length of the courses being offered in this phase will be three (3) months
Application Deadline:
There is no specified application deadline for the program as training provider applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. If you do not get into this first phase, you may be selected for future phases.
Application Process:
Interested and eligible candidates should apply for this program via the application link below;
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We at Icanstudent wish you the very best in your application process.
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