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  "id": 7550065,
  "title": "32,000 Nigerians to get free tech skills, certifications from FG academy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/32-000-nigerians-to-get-free-tech-skills-certifications-from-fg",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-15T12:46:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/32000-nigerians-to-get-free-tech-skills-certifications-from-fg-academy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched a six-month Digital Training Academy aimed at equipping 32,000 Nigerians with digital skills, professional certifications, and pathways to employment and entrepreneurship in the global digital economy. The initiative, under the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative and aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, will provide training in high-demand areas such as software development, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing. Beneficiaries will have access to international learning platforms and professional certification opportunities, with the government providing necessary infrastructure and human resources, including computers, internet connectivity, access centres, facilitators, and mentors. The Ministry of Education selected 16,000 beneficiaries from 72,850 applicants across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with participants expected to gain access to globally recognised certifications from organizations like Google, IBM, and Huawei. The academy is designed to address the country’s digital skills gap and create measurable linkages between skills acquisition and economic opportunities, tracking certification, employment, and enterprise outcomes to ensure a clear pathway from skills to productive opportunities.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "32,000 Nigerians to get free tech skills, certifications from FG academy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/32-000-nigerians-to-get-free-tech-skills-certifications-from-fg-7550860",
        "published": "2026-09-15T12:52:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}