YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

& INCLUSION“Big Picture” approach to Human Resource

Development as a major contemporary issue in IT applications

‘Gbenga SesanNigeria’s Information Technology Youth Ambassador

www.gbengasesan.com | me@gbengasesan.com7th Nigeria Computer Society International

ConferenceInternational Conference Centre, Abuja, NIGERIA. June 20, 2003

INTRODUCTION The New Economy is driven by ICTs

Africa’s sleeping giant is awake but we need greater networking among Government, Private Sector, Academia and Civil Society to translate statements and action plans to action

Discussing Human Resource Development with a focus on the youth is an important issue within the global Information Society space – and Nigeria belongs here

Equipping the Next Generation

Young people are extending, animating and redefining the perimeters of IT applications

Empowering and involving young people in research and industry processes will complete the “big picture” of HRD in IT application

There is a present wave of “IT thirst”sweeping across Nigerian higher institutions, for example

Equipping the youth is the proof of the Nigerian IT industry’s commitment to the future

To ACT or not to ACT

Events, communiqués, action plans need to be converted to actionable steps and implemented

Most institutions presently have IT-related clubs (JETS, Computer Clubs, Electronic Clubs, Departmental Associations) BUT we need a Nigerian Information Society Youth Network

NISYN will redirect the energy of Nigerian youths for national development IF a credible platform and environment is facilitated

CONCLUSION“I see a new Nigeria emerging, one that will be built on the labours of ours heroes past,

hewn out of the debris of the present waste, and engineered by the strength of

tomorrow’s leaders – the youth. These young men and women will adopt IT for the purpose of personal development, nation building, regional cooperation and global

participation. They may be unknown today, but in the secrecy of their abode, they

master the tools that will change their lives and that of the nation. They’re building the

nation’s tomorrow today.”

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

& INCLUSION“Big Picture” approach to Human Resource

Development as a major contemporary issue in IT applications

‘Gbenga SesanNigeria’s Information Technology Youth Ambassador

www.gbengasesan.com | me@gbengasesan.com7th Nigeria Computer Society International

ConferenceInternational Conference Centre, Abuja, NIGERIA. June 20, 2003

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