Nasco Tech, a project by Nasco Feeding Minds, on Wednesday held the graduation of its second bootcamp cohort.
Fourteen graduates received certificates after completing a rigorous three-month training programme in coding, programming, and app development.
At the ceremony CEO of Nasco Tech and Executive Director of Nasco Feeding Minds, Banasco Nuhu Seidu, praised the institution’s success in training 30 individuals over the past three years.
Many of these trainees he said have secured jobs with Spanish companies.
Seidu stressed the urgent need to close the digital skills gap in Africa, affirming Nasco Tech’s commitment to empowering young Ghanaians to bridge this divide.
Founder of the Alliance for African Women in Media Africa Shamima Muslim who chaired the occassion urged the graduates to harness their ICT skills to drive economic transformation.
Emphasising the potential of ICT to create millions of jobs, she further stressed the importance of valuing acquired skills in the digital era.
She also urged the graduates to move beyond reliance on government opportunities adding that forming consortia to pool resources and knowledge was very necessary.
“Be determined to start something from today, dont be selfish, give your best, and things will fall into place,” she said.
Reflecting on the Vice President’s digitalisation agenda, one of NPP’s regional youth organisers Mr Benedict Adae called on the graduates to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and embrace ICT education. “Opportunities can be provided, but what you do with them is up to you,” he remarked.
He commended the Nasco Tech initiative, and reiterated the need for beneficiaries of the initiative to open doors for others and avoid selfishness.
Political Science lecturer at the Univeristy of Ghana Legon, Dr Rosina Foli in her remarks congratulated the group on their achievement and expressed gratitude to Nasco Tech for establishing two ICT centers at the political science department of the university.
One of the beneficiaries, Benjamin Owusu Ansah thanked Nasco Tech for the opportunity offered him.
He said the knowledge he acquired would be utilised well, saying “this will value to my life.”
BY RAISSA SAMBOU