Digital stream
Digital Skills
A guided week online, phone-first and built for an ordinary smartphone: social media for income, finding opportunities online, and using AI tools for ideation, research and learning — then two days at the centre turning that foundation into a marketable specialisation.
Syllabus
Five subject units
Units one to three are covered in the guided week online; units four and five at the centre in Lafia.
Units one to three — the guided week online, 7–13 September 2026
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Unit one Online, on this platform
What a smartphone can do
Digital identity and NIN services, cybersecurity, fraud awareness and safe online conduct, and mobile money and digital payments — the phone skills every stream after this one is built on, with no computer assumed at any point.
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Unit two Online, on this platform
Social media for income
WhatsApp Business, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube as income channels rather than as entertainment: setting up a business profile, posting a product, and reading which posts actually sell.
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Unit three Online, on this platform
Opportunities online
Freelancing and digital-services platforms, online selling and marketplaces, and finding and vetting a genuine paid opportunity versus a scam, all worked from a phone.
Units four and five — at the centre, 14–15 September 2026
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Unit four In person, in Lafia
AI for ideation and research
Using free AI tools — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Studio — to generate business ideas, research a market and a competitor, and learn a new skill on demand, entirely on a phone browser.
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Unit five In person, in Lafia
Work readiness and a personal digital plan
Profile and portfolio building, proposals and client communication, receiving payments, and leaving the guided week with a dated plan for which of these channels the participant will pursue.
Places and support
Who this stream is for, and what follows it
Priority criteria decide who is shortlisted; enablement is what the programme provides after the training itself.
Eligibility
Priority is given to
- Priority to youth with basic literacy
- A demonstrated intent to work in or through digital channels
- A smartphone with mobile data; prior computer experience is not required
Applicants are drawn from all thirteen Local Government Areas, and not less than 50 per cent of the places in this stream are held for women, youth and persons living with disabilities. An applicant may hold a place in one stream only.
Enablement
What follows the training
Graduates who complete the guided week online and pass the final assessment are connected to freelance and remote-work opportunities identified during the course, on assessed merit.
Every participant who completes the programme presents their business at the closing pitch and may be supported. At the end of the programme, the top participants are supported with a ₦3,000,000 grant and a job opportunity.
Cohort
When this stream runs
One cohort, drawn from every Local Government Area. Places in the physical classes in Lafia on 14 to 16 September 2026 are given by performance in the online week.
- Cohort reference
- NAS-DG-01 — Digital Skills — Nasarawa 2026
- Guided week online
- 7–13 September 2026
- At the centre
- 14–16 September 2026, including the closing day of pitching, awards and graduation
- Venue
- To be announced
- Places
- 400
- Status
- Planned