Academy empowers 98 with employability skills

Blakskill Academy School of Employability Studies (BSES) has completed an intensive global skills training programme designed to empower talents across sub-Saharan Africa with competencies required to thrive in the international talent marketplace.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the 98 trainees BSES Cohort 1 programme in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer, Blakskill Limited, Olugbenga Omojola, expressed gratitude to the team as the firm celebrates a new milestone in its mission to empower African talents.

He said the BSES initiative builds bridges for African talents to access opportunities in today’s borderless talent marketplace.

According to him, the graduating class of 98 trainees underwent rigorous upskilling, gaining globally demanded skills like project management, agile team collaboration, workplace readiness, intercultural communication, data analytics, data analysis, self-leadership, intrapreneurship and many more.

He said the curriculum ensured the skills acquired are relevant and adaptable to the dynamic demands of the contemporary job market.

Omojola stated that the one-month intense employability training programme is completely free of charge to all trainees as the faculty is made up of top professionals in their respective industries.

“The BSES programme is one of the schools under Blakskill Academy which is an initiative of Blakskill Limited, providing comprehensive training to empower talents in Sub-Saharan Africa with essential skills for success in the global talent marketplace and to contribute its quota towards ameliorating the rising unemployment rate among the youth,” he stated.

He also extended his gratitude to all the indigenous and multinational companies that have begun to make employment offers to the graduates for full-time and paid internship opportunities.

Omojola further encouraged more organisations to contact the firm to indicate their interest in recruiting the BSES graduands for their respective teams equally at no cost.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief Executive Officer of Shoprite, Hubertus Rick, commended the school and the trainees, while emphasising the importance for BSES graduates to work diligently, start their careers from the ground up, and progressively build upon their accomplishments.

The Blakskill management also affirmed its openness to collaborate with intending partners to deepen the reach for empowering and elevating the next wave of young change-makers who will soon complete the programme.

The firm announced that the BSES has opened its portal for applications for Cohort Two, which will commence classes in January 2024.