The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), with support from the Lenovo, has kick-started a transformative training program aimed at nurturing the talents of 30 women in Kano State to become proficient in GSM and mobile phone repairs.
The five-week training, which commenced on Monday, has brought together young women and girls from various Local Government Areas of the state.
Dr. Y.Z Ya’u, the Executive Director of CITAD, revealed that the training seeks to empower women with valuable mobile phone repair skills, enabling them to be self-reliant and contribute to narrowing the digital technology gender gap.
Represented by the Centre’s Technical Officer, Muhammad Bello Yahaya, he said the training’s second phase was launched under the platform of CITAD’s Digital Creativity and Innovation session.
Bello, while urging participants to fully engage in the program and acquire the essential skills, assured them that at the end of the 5-week training, they would be empowered with tools for GSM repair, enabling them to be self-sufficient and employers of labor.
In an enlightening session, facilitator Harira Wakili emphasized the critical role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in empowering women.
She stressed that by connecting young girls with ICT resources, they could effectively become catalysts for generating job opportunities within their communities.
Wakili stated, “No amount of skills and innovations is too little to promote human society.”
Kano Times reported that CITAD trained 20 selected women on GSM and mobile phone repairs in the month of April with the aim of becoming self-reliant and bridging the gap in digital technology among women.
