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  Mr Austin Agbakor, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Computer Village Hub (CVHub), has expressed optimism that Nigerian youths would shape the future of technology in Nigeria. Agbakor spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos at the end of the CVHub’s one month advanced programming training for youths. He said that the training, which took place from Aug. 4 to Sept. 10, was contributing to developing a crop of youths who could help bridge the digital divide in the nation. The chief executive said that the CVHub was providing access to digital skills training and empowering individuals to shape their future to make a positive difference in the world. Agbakor said that the CVHub was on a mission to empower young Nigerians with coding skills. According to him, the empowerment started in 2018, with the goal of making coding accessible and affordable for all. He said that CVHub partnered with the Software Shop and David Olusegun Foundation to make the training happen. ‘”We b...

By Precious Akutamadu  StartupSouth Enterprise Development LTD/GTE, on Thursday, trained 50 journalists in the South-South region on how to utilise innovative technology tools in reporting events and ecosystem in the Niger Delta and beyond. The organisation is a startup ecosystem development and advocacy outfit that inspires founders building high-scale ventures in Nigeria with specific focus on the South-South and South-East regions. Addressing the participants, the Convener, Uche Aniche, said that the workshop was aimed at training journalists in technology reporting. Aniche also said that the workshop would enable journalists in the Niger Delta region to understand the terms and tools of innovative technologies to be able to report the upcoming launch of innovative groundbreaking solution built by Xend Finance. He urged journalists to be passionate and intentional in their understanding of technology innovation, the importance of applying them in their daily reportage to promote...