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The Youth Leadership Entrepreneurship and Development (YLEAD) Fellowship is a 4-week immersive capacity-building program designed to educate, engage and equip young people with skills to prepare them for the world of work and transition from school to career.

The program will take place virtually from November 7 – December 2, 2022, with participants from across the country. It offers well-developed modules and content on areas such as Self Awareness, Purpose Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Goal Setting, Time Management, Etiquette, Ethics and Values amongst others.

This year we have included an opportunity to harness digital skills and get remote job placement!

The program includes the following:

• 1 week of intensive training on Leadership and Personal Development
• 1 week of intensive digital skills training
• 2 weeks of internship, business simulation and remote job placement

Benefits:

• Learn new skills, network, volunteer and achieve your goals for a successful personal and career life
• Connect and network with peers and young professionals
• Access to remote work/internships as well as global opportunities
• Mentoring
• Join a global network of Alumni
• Certificate of Participation

Join us for a rare blend of learning, fun and impact!

Eligibility:

The YLEAD program is open to aspiring young leaders who may be students, graduates and out-of-school youth. Interested participants:

• Must be between the ages of 15 – 30 years
• Must show interest in learning new skills and participate in group activities
• Must attain 75% attendance in the training program
• Must be of good behavior and willing to interact with people of different backgrounds, tribes, and religions
• Should be interested in volunteering and having a mentor

Applications close on Monday, October 31, 2022, at 11:59 pm WAT.

Learn more and apply here: https://bit.ly/ikaptureYLEAD

Because we live in a fast-changing world, with advancements in science and technology, machines and artificial intelligence are fast replacing conventional jobs. The future is digital and for anyone to meet up with its standard; they must have certain digital skills.

iKapture Center for Development in collaboration with AIESEC Nigeria and Opportunity Desk hosted the 2022 Digital Skill Up Summer Boot camp (DSB 22) from August 1 to 29, 2022. The boot camp was a 4-week intensive and immersive tech program designed for kids and teenagers to gain digital skills, leadership, and life skills that will them address problems in society.

Participants learned how to code and use app builders to create their own apps and other digital courses.

Learning Outcome from DSB 22

The participants were successfully trained on the following 10 skills: Intro to Cyber Security, Soft skills (Time management, Public Speaking and Team Building), Graphics Design, Mobile app development, Copywriting, SEO, Amazon book publishing, Leadership skills, Drone Technology, Whiteboard Animation, Web design/development (HTML, CSSS, JavaScript).

During the project week, they also learned presentation skills and teamwork.

Participants’ Feedback/Testimonials

The kids and their parents were very excited and overjoyed about the outcome and what they were able to do, their parents were even happier as they watched their ward(s) during the presentation. Here are a few testimonials:

• “I am overjoyed about how much my son was able to learn and I look forward to registering him next year” – Mrs. Helen

• “I am very impressed with my child’s performance. I have gotten him a laptop as a present to help him practice all that was being taught” – Mr. Eze

• “The value gotten was more than the cost price of the program, and I’m willing to pay more next time, knowing my child would certainly get more value” – Mrs. Favour.

Another parent said that he was really impressed at the attention given to the children and said he is sure it’s one of the reasons they were able to learn so much in a space of three weeks.

There is a critical need to produce a generation of thinkers and problem solvers with the necessary digital skills to achieve their goals. The best time to learn those skills is now and iKapture Center for Development is committed to bridging the gap between societal demands and young people by equipping them with the skills and values to tackle today’s challenges and be ready for tomorrow’s aspirations.

Interested in enrolling your ward for our 3-Month Digital Leadership? Contact us at [email protected] or call us on 08134624760 or 08090970206.

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With the invent of artificial intelligence, search engine optimization, and data-driven marketing it has become necessary that young people adapt to the latest innovations.

In a bid to fill this need, Ikapture Center for Development hosts an all-year-round Youth Leadership and Development (YLEAD) Fellowship program.

The Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Development (YLEAD) Fellowship is a capacity-building program designed to educate and engage young people into becoming tech-savvy entrepreneurs and leaders and also equip them with the latest innovations to help them thrive in this age of ever-changing technology.

As with last year, it held virtually allowing for participation globally and across Nigeria with the theme ‘Emerge’.  

Recruitments began in September and promotions were made across all of Ikapture’s social media handles. By the end of the recruitment process, a total of 20 participants across Nigeria and Africa were selected…

The virtual program provided an enabling environment for these young minds to learn from experienced leaders, share ideas with successful digital entrepreneurs and changemakers. The first day of the event began with a Keynote Address titled Emerging as a 21^st Century Youth: The Role of Leadership and Personal Development and was given by Mrs. Ekpoanwan Nsa Ayi, Founder of HarryField Montessori. With an attendance of over 30 participants from Zoom and Facebook Live Stream. In the course of the program, participants underwent a 2-week thorough and intensive training sessions on self-awareness, vision boarding, goal setting, critical thinking, and ethics to mention but a few.

These sessions yielded a positive impact as manifested in the feedback we received.

I want to say a big thank you to the iKapture team. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this program. I enjoyed every bit of the sessions especially the panel session with Mr. Daniel Chinagozi and Miss Elizabeth Ita. – John Fredrick. YLEAD Class of 2021

I will like to thank iKapture for this wonderful program that they put together, for the past few weeks while I was a part of this training, we have been taught many topics and skills, and some of these include time management, web design, critical thinking stimulation, and Robotics and Drone making and they were the highlight for me. Thanks to this program and the facilitators, my passion for computer and software have once again been re-ignited. – Nnamdi Okorie. YLEAD Class of 2021

From the past few weeks, I have learned a lot from the program, the facilitators, and even my co-participants. Every session meant something and struck something in me, especially the session on Ethics and Values. I learned to balance my ethics and values with other people’s ethics and value. I learned the importance of setting smart goals to be a 21^st Century Youth. – Priscilla Williams. YLEAD Class of 2021

Overall, the virtual fellowship gave these young people a sense of clarity and direction. Graduands were presented with certificates for their outstanding performance.

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