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Passionate about driving digital transformation and economic development in Africa, I…
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3 million AI skills in Africa- a story unfolding
3 million AI skills in Africa- a story unfolding
By Uyoyo Zino Edosio
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🎉 We're excited to announce the launch of the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants at Meta! 💰 Building on the groundbreaking capabilities of our Llama AI…
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Education
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Through this degree, I will be sharpening my hands-on experience (at the African Development Bank) with theoretical frameworks, practices and approaches to address challenges in public policy and social development. My focus will be on analysing social and public policies in the skills development, digital innovation and youth entrepreneurship within Subsaharan Africa context.
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Activities and Societies:
Covers Modules on:
- Project Planning & Financial Analysis
- Project Implementation
-Economic Analysis & Risk Assessment
Program Summary:
The aim of the porgram is to develop skills to critically evaluate advanced theoretical concepts in Investment Appraisal and Project and Programme Management , enhance knowledge on the practice of investment appraisal and risk analysis, as well as project planning and appraisal, financial and economic analysis and project management. -
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Activities and Societies: University of Bradford Programming Society (Raspberry Pi Soc)
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Activities and Societies: Welfare Administrator for the Nigerian Association of Computer Science Students. Violinist at Tesbali Clef Orchestra
Licenses & Certifications
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Increasing Jobs for Youth through AfDB’s Operation in Human Development
ITCILO
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Assessing, Measuring and Increasing Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Results
ITCILO
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Youth Employment Program Design and Project Analysis
ITCILO
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Postgraduate Certificate - Project Management and Investment Appraisal
University of Bradford
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Associate Member ACFE
ACFE
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Microsoft Technical Specialist
Microsoft
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Volunteer Experience
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Advisory Board on Secondary Education
Mastercard Foundation
- 1 year 1 month
Education
I supported the Foundation in elaborating, designing a strategy to look at the role of secondary education in preparing African youth for the future of work, with emphasis on ensuring youth acquire the skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to succeed in a dynamic and globalized labour market.
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Co-Founder
Meet.A.Need.Today Foundation
- Present 7 years 6 months
Economic Empowerment
MeetANeedToday foundation is a group of enthusiastic professionals who believe the world can be a better place when people who have more share with those who don't have enough. Check out the full team here. MeetANeedToday typically carries out projects that meet the needs of the less privileged amongst us. It could be food and clothing drives, medical procedure sponsorships, scholarships, etc.
So far, we have carried out 6 projects that have impacted over 2000 people with focus areas on…MeetANeedToday foundation is a group of enthusiastic professionals who believe the world can be a better place when people who have more share with those who don't have enough. Check out the full team here. MeetANeedToday typically carries out projects that meet the needs of the less privileged amongst us. It could be food and clothing drives, medical procedure sponsorships, scholarships, etc.
So far, we have carried out 6 projects that have impacted over 2000 people with focus areas on Food, Clothing, Education
Kirikiri Relief Drive (Food & Clothing)
IDP Camp Jos Food Drive
Alimosho Christmas Fiesta (Food Drive)
Partnership with Ilupeju Essay Competition- Education
Partnership with Bloom Foundation - Food & Clothing
Scholarship - Education
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Member Board Of Directors
Eagles' HOPE Charity Foundation
- Present 3 years 8 months
Economic Empowerment
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Judge and Mentor - Business Acceleration (Season 4 )
Orange
- 1 year 1 month
Science and Technology
- I served as an industry mentor where I mentored startups to understand the nuances of the business and the varied nature of the market.
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Android Developer at Pearson International Hackathon Competition
Pearson
- Present 10 years 3 months
Science and Technology
Pearson hackathon was held at 15 different locations in 6 countries, over the course of two days. Our colleagues from FT, DK, Penguin, and Pearson Education joined forces to create applications that used a wide range of technology and Pearson APIs.
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Co-founder
TechTouch Nigeria
- Present 10 years 3 months
Science and Technology
TechTouch Nigeria, is an information Technology company, aimed at developing indigenous IT solutions to solve eminent problems in Nigeria.
One of the major objective of the Company is to develop skills of Nigerian youth, precisely in software development. This we believe will impact their employability, self confidence and a sense of their own worth.
Courses
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Digital Evidence Recovery
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Microsoft Technical Specialist
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Oracle 10g
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Quality and Risk Management
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Risk Transformation
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Projects
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Mobile Application Developer, to help showcase African culture on a global scale
Project
Development of a Fashion Application to show case African Culture to a global scale.
The software is being built using HTML 5, Java programming language.
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Honors & Awards
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Delta State First Class Merit Scholarship
Delta State Government, Nigeria
These awards was is based on student's academic and community service record. The aim of the scholarship is for the student to further his or her education.
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Nominee for Most Hard Working Staff Category
KPMG
Was nominated as one of the most hard working staff int the KPMG Risk Consulting Division.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Limited working proficiency
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