{"id":62869,"date":"2025-03-17T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62869"},"modified":"2025-03-17T10:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:21:10","slug":"nigcomsat-empowers-north-west-youths-with-space-tech-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/17\/nigcomsat-empowers-north-west-youths-with-space-tech-training\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGCOMSAT Empowers North-West Youths with Space-Tech Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), is set to empower youths across the North-West with cutting-edge space technology skills through a Space-Tech Hackathon and VSAT training.<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled for April 7\u201311 in Dutse, Jigawa, the program will bring together start-ups, innovators, and students from Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, and Jigawa to develop creative tech solutions.<\/p>\n<p>NIGCOMSAT\u2019s Managing Director, Jane Egerton-Idehen, said the hackathon will challenge participants to identify problems, create solutions, and build prototypes using satellite technology.<\/p>\n<p>The winning team will secure a spot in the NIGCOMSAT Accelerator Programme Cohort 2025 to refine and scale their project.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, 100 youths will receive hands-on training in VSAT installation, equipping them with in-demand skills to enhance their job prospects and entrepreneurial opportunities in ICT.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative aligns with NIGCOMSAT\u2019s mission to drive innovation, job creation, and digital inclusion across Nigeria. Interested participants can register via the NIGCOMSAT Ltd website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), is set to empower youths across the North-West with cutting-edge space technology skills through a Space-Tech Hackathon and VSAT training. Scheduled for April 7\u201311 in Dutse, Jigawa, the program will bring together start-ups, innovators, and students from Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, and Jigawa to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62871,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62869\/revisions\/62871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}