SMEDAN, Google, NGO Collaborate On Digital Skills For Entrepreneurs

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) Director-General Olawale Fasanya has stated that the organisation is working with Google and an NGO to provide training to business owners on how to acquire digital skills for their operations.

Fasanya made the disclosure during a one-day training that was held for 30 chosen entrepreneurs in Katsina on Thursday in association with the non-governmental organisation "Mind the Gate."

The project will allow participants to easily learn how to use computers in their businesses through Google, according to the DG, who was represented by Alhaji Suleiman Yusuf, North-West Zonal Director of SMEDAN.

“It is for this reason that we have selected 30 participants that we are giving the training on how to conduct their businesses in a digital manner.

“We have already supported them in their enterprises.

"The only thing we are now doing is building their capacity on computer skills,” Fasanya said.

Earlier, the Resource Person from “Mind the Gate”, Edino Jonathan, stated that enterpreneurs could use computer to woo customers through online and boost their businesses.

“This is because enterpreneurs can solicit and advertise their products in a digital way to attract more income in their businesses,” Jonathan said.