Bosch Nigeria is a partner of the iCreate Festival 2019, where the festival aims to bring awareness to various vocational training, which is essential for building talent in Africa.

Skills enhance lives, which is the fundamental reason for Bosch Nigeria for collaborating with iCreate Festival.

The festival brings awareness to various skill-sets such as hairdressing, plumbing to name a few, Bosch Nigeria focuses on the construction segment of the iCreate Festival initiatives where Bosch Power Tools is the preferred power tools used by the competitors in the participating segments. Additionally, Bosch is supporting with technical expertise and training focusing on safety.

Bosch Nigeria participated in the Regional Technical and Vocational Skills Competition in Kaduna (Northern Region) on the 26th-27th April 2019 and in Enugu (South East) on the 19th-20th July 2019.

The National Finals is scheduled to take place in Lagos (South West) on the 4th-5th December 2019. All three events will also feature exhibitions, entertainment and panel discussions around TVET and youth empowerment.



The Skill Competition element of the event engages young skilled Africans aged between 18 and 28 to hone their skills and to compete with the very best in their sector such as carpentry, tiling, plumbing, automobile mechanics, solar or electrical installations, welding and fabrication, garment-making industry, make-up art, shoe and leather works, art, app development, graphic design, web design, robotics and cooking.

In 2018, Bosch Nigeria and other partners like GIZ, Sterling Bank Plc, Julius Berger Nig. Ltd, Mafita UKAid, the German Embassy Abuja, Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and Trace among others played strategic roles as major sponsors of the event.

For Example, 45 winners from 14 skill trades received cash prizes, equipment, endorsement deals, internship and job placements, training and mentoring.

The 14 Gold medalists were crowned as iCreate Skill Champions representing each trade and will attend the World Skills Competition in Kazan, Russia in August 2019.

The Skill Competition is an innovative strategy to curb the high youth unemployment, promote skill excellence and prepare youths for jobs of the future.

By directing attention on vocational skills, iCreate Africa is addressing the societal perspective affecting the acceptance of technical skill trades while upgrading the value of skilled professions.

Source: https://techeconomy.ng/2019/12/02/bosch-partners-with-icreate-festival-2019-africas-olympics-of-skills/

The organizers of the prestigious SERA awards have honoured leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, with the ‘Best Use of Storytelling to Drive Sustainability’ award in recognition of its efforts at promoting corporate philanthropy.

The SERA awards platform, which is widely considered the gold-standard recognition in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability in Nigeria, was conceived to lead the drive towards actualization of the sustainable development goals in Africa by enabling a platform that promotes, measures and harmonizes the contributions of private sector, governments/public sector and non-governmental organizations to attain set targets.
The award ceremony held last Saturday at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos and Airtel Nigeria’s Corporate Communications & CSR Director, Emeka Oparah, led members of his team to receive the award at the classy event that was attended by many accomplished professionals in corporate Nigeria.

According to the citation read in honour of Airtel, the award recognized the company’s outstanding ability to articulate its sustainability/CSR interventions, providing actionable insights through storytelling to get the message out, across the organization and out to stakeholders.
“Airtel has over the years developed its story with a focus on sustainability as an integral part of the company, which cuts across various initiatives that address the SDG’s,” the citation read.

The SERAS – CSR Awards is an annual project, which aims to promote as well as raise awareness about the roles organizations play with an emphasis on their responsibility towards stakeholders and the social development of Africa.
The 2019 edition of the SERAs was themed ‘Driving Sustainability Through Inclusive Growth: Strategic Partnership as a Key to Unlocking Opportunities’ and it focused on organizations whom through their CSR and sustainability activities have made renowned impact addressing the SDG’s.

The 13th edition of the Awards brought together sustainability experts, public relations practitioners, brand owners and public officeholders.

Source: https://techeconomy.ng/2019/11/29/airtel-wins-award-for-best-use-of-storytelling-at-seras-2019/

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