{"id":27570,"date":"2020-07-19T14:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27570"},"modified":"2020-07-19T14:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T14:42:14","slug":"how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians","title":{"rendered":"\u2018How technology can provide jobs for 39.9m Nigerians\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>As the nation\u2019s economy continues to buckle under the weight of COVID-19 pandemic throwing thousands into the labour market, technology has been identified as a panacea that will help Nigerian youths boost their income levels.<\/p>\n<p>Giving this assurance at the weekend was Mr. Wumi Oghoetuoma, Nigeria-born IT expert, who sits atop as MD\/CEO, Crown Interactive, a Lagos-based software solutions company. The organisation notes that interventions supporting micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are needed to curtail scary unemployment projections expected to rise 33.6% by the end of 2020 \u2013 that\u2019s 39.4 million Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Oghoetuoma said, \u201cIt goes without saying that Covid-19 has affected the livelihoods of many Nigerians. Our unemployment rate was already at a disappointing high and newer projections predict that it may rise to 33.6% by the end of 2020 \u2013 that\u2019s 39.4 million Nigerians. While supporting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is a major part of what we do, here at CICOD, we are also committed to providing young people with viable job opportunities so that we can begin to provide real solutions for youth unemployment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: As the nation\u2019s economy continues to buckle under the weight of COVID-19 pandemic throwing thousands into the labour market, technology has been identified as a panacea that will help Nigerian youths boost their income levels. Giving this assurance at the weekend was Mr. Wumi Oghoetuoma, Nigeria-born IT expert, who sits atop as MD\/CEO, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":27571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,31],"tags":[1451,537,666],"class_list":["post-27570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-miscellaneous","tag-covid-19","tag-miscellaneous","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018How technology can provide jobs for 39.9m Nigerians\u2019 - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:As the nation\u2019s economy continues to buckle under the weight of COVID-19 pandemic throwing thousands into the labour market,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018How technology can provide jobs for 39.9m Nigerians\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:As the nation\u2019s economy continues to buckle under the weight of COVID-19 pandemic throwing thousands into the labour market,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-19T14:42:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Use-of-techology.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"732\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"369\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018How technology can provide jobs for 39.9m Nigerians\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-19T14:42:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Use-of-techology.png\",\"keywords\":[\"COVID-19.\",\"Miscellaneous\",\"technology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/how-technology-can-provide-jobs-for-39-9m-nigerians\",\"name\":\"\u2018How technology can provide jobs for 39.9m Nigerians\u2019 - 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