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N-Power News: Latest NPower Knowledge Programme 2022/2023

The NPower Knowledge programme is the Federal Government’s first step towards diversifying to a knowledge economy. This programme will work alongside the planned eight innovation hubs across the country to provide incubation and acceleration of the technology and creative industries.

Brand News Day Nigeria understands that the programme is a ‘Training to Jobs’ initiative, essentially ensuring that participants can get engaged in the marketplace in an outsourcing capacity, as freelancers, as employees and as entrepreneurs.

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The NPower Knowledge programme consists of 3 key areas discussed below:

NPower Creative

The N-Power Creative programme will train and develop 5,000 young creative talents. The strategy is to put our creative industry on the global radar as exporters of world-class services and content. Training will last 3 months, made up of a 1-month in-class and a 2-month hands-on group project, across selected Nigerian cities. The participants will be trained and certified in one of the following courses:

Animation
Graphic Design
Post-production
Script Writing

At the end of the training, some participants will get local and international internship opportunities while others will be linked to job and market opportunities. In addition, all participants will receive computing devices that will ensure that they master their skills during and after the training.

Selection Criteria for NPower Creative

Unemployed graduates or non-graduates
Must be between 18-35 years old
Basic illustration skills will be an advantage for animation and graphic arts
For Script Writing, creative writing skills and analytical writing skills will be an advantage
Problem-solving skills
Ability to undertake self-tutorship
Detail-oriented
Analytical

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Jobs:

Building/Construction Project Management
Animator
Script Writer
Illustrator
Graphics Designer
Sound Editor
Film Editor
Visual Effects Artist
Game Design
Desktop Publishing
Digital Media Publishing
Educational/Training Content Production

Duration: 3 Months

N-Power News: Latest NPower Knowledge Programme 2022/2023

NPower Creative is also suitable for secondary (SSCE) certificate holders.

NPower Tech Software

To empower 10,000 Software Developers into the ICT Industry.

The N-Power Tech for developers programme will train, tool and position 10,000 hands-on software developers for the local and international software development market. Participants will undergo a project-based model to training wherein they will be exposed to foundational software development tools as well as resources to thrive as a modern-day software developer entrepreneur.

The programme will seek to establish the foundation knowledge, tools and platform upon which participants can pursue a career as software development entrepreneurs. Training will last 11 weeks and culminate with job fairs to link participants with placement opportunities within their respective localities. The programme will also offer a continuity platform to support participants with learning and engagement opportunities on a continuous basis. Participants will be enabled with a device to continue the practice and exploration of opportunities after training.