Microsoft trained 4 million Nigerians in tech skills in 3 years. 70,000 got certified
TechCabal | 18.12.2025 19:18
When Microsoft executives in Nigeria and government officials first began discussing a national digital skills partnership in 2021, the ambition sounded almost implausible: reach five million Nigerians with future-ready digital and AI skills. At the time, Nigeria was grappling with rising unemployment, a widening skills gap, and an education system struggling to keep pace with global technological change. By December 2024, Microsoft and its partners had trained four million Nigerians in AI, software development, data engineering, and other digital skills and certified 70,000 of them.
