GEM Africa – Ini Edo is empowering Young women in Akwa Ibom

Ini Edo is setting a stage for young women and girls with The GEM Africa Initiative. Young and ambitious women with Digital Skills are being trained in the initiative that kicked off two days ago in Akwa Ibom.

The Award-Winning actress Ini Edo had been earlier appointed as Special Assistant on Tourism and Development in Akwa Ibom. She seeks to use this position to reach thousands of women across Africa.

About the GEM Africa Initiative

Girls Empowerment and Mentoring Scheme is an attempt by Ini Edo to discover, train and utilize young aspiring female leaders and entrepreneurs with digital skills for economic advancement and financial liberty.

At the maiden edition, the actress says that the program is designed to cater and groom the skills of leading female entrepreneurs to advance economic empowerment in today’s digital space.

The training consists of several facilitators and trainers from different training places all over renowned training centres in the country. The ladies were led through intense training sessions in digital marketing skills. This will go on over a period of time. In the end, they would be awarded certificates of completion.

With this, Ini Edo is surely giving back to her society and seeks to do this across Nigeria and across the whole of Africa.

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