By Staff Reporter
In a country where education and entrepreneurship opportunities are limited, Excellence Assured and Chiwosi Consultancy Firm respectively offers free computer, graphic design, and video production courses to young people across Malawi.
In a separate interview, Founder of Excellence Assured, Chipiliro Mizere stressed that they are driven by passion for empowering the youth of the nation with the knowledge and skills needed to start their computer-related businesses and excel in their professional lives.
Mizere underlined that to date, they have already trained hundreds of young people in Lilongwe and are now expanding their reach to other cities and rural areas.
“The objective is to train more young people across Malawi in the coming months, the courses will be available in Lilongwe urban and rural, Blantyre, Zomba, and Mzuzu, with plans to expand to other districts in the future,” He says.
Speaking after one of the trainings, founder of Chiwosi Consultancy Firm, Blessings Chiwosi said he believes that providing free ICT education to the Youths is not just helping the actualization of goal number 4 and 9 of UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, but that it will also open up new opportunities for the youth of Malawi as it will help actualize pillar number 2; industrialization, of Malawi Vision 2063.
“The initiative has already had a positive impact on the lives of those who have participated, with many going on to start successful businesses and others finding new professional opportunities and as the initiative continues to expand, it will be interesting to see the continued impact it has on the youth of Malawi,” Chiwosi indicated.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Felix Chimpeni said he is confident that the skills that he has gotten from these trainings has maximized his chances of getting employment as he has added value to his Curriculum Vitae.
“I have benefited by knowing how i can use the Microsoft packages, and other general computer skills on top of getting a certificate of training completion” Fetrainings.
