INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ON INFORMATION

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROPOSED ICT PLAN

There’s nothing more rewarding than giving back and making a difference in the lives of people in our
society.

As individuals, we are all nurtured and raised in a society which plays a huge role in preparing us for the
life ahead.

One way ICYDICT gives back to society is by supporting organisations who are backing causes in youth
empowerment and poverty eradication especially through their Poverty Eradication Programme.(P.E.R)

ICYDICT is an NGO focused on bridging the gap between less privileged Nigerian Youth and Information
Communication Technology (ICT) opportunities. As part of its socio-economic development projects,
ICYDICT reaches out to students in tertiary institutions by providing them with knowledge useful for
developing an ICT-oriented entrepreneurial mindset.

ICYDICT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL AREAS

The idea is to bring technology to solve human problems provide skill education and training and access
to ICT & IEC materials in rural community settings. The project targets strategic initiatives that would
help to accelerate life skill education in the field of poverty eradication,youth economic empowerment,
human rights education, HEALTH awareness and control as well as grass root development in the
targeted 6 regions of Nigeria. Our mission is to use ICT in the rural communities to bridge the digital
divide, offer international standard ICT education, provide access to the information super-
highway,stimulate economic development as well as provide good forum for public health and human
rights information for development-a special scheme that leverages on the power of ICT .

ADDRESSING MAJOR PROBLEM WITH ICT

The problems of unemployment and poverty among youths (15 million) in the rural areas fuel youth
restiveness, cultism, militancy, gangsterism resulting in increasing level of insecurity, violence,
kidnapping and crime rate in the land. The demand for youth empowerment, employment creation and
life-skill education and training among youths is very high while access is relatively low. The youths are
prone to poverty when their economic, health, environmental, social or cultural rights are not respected
and protected. The wide margin of political, economic and social inequalities in the society influence
youths’ vulnerability to crime, drug abuse and other forms of vices. Inequalities of age, gender, sexuality,
poverty and social exclusion enhance young people’s vulnerability to armed robbery, prostitution,
substance abuse and child trafficking. This increasing economic marginalization and the need to depend
on alternative means of livelihood result into young girls taking up sex work at home and even abroad.
The program targets 50 schools and communities with a population of essentially 50,000 youths (1,000
per school and community) and 10,000 out of school youths with a total of 60,000 youths having access
to the internet and ICT education; 4,000 youths will be trained in System Engineering, Network
Administration, Database Management, and Financial Derivatives Trading, maintenance and internet
use; training in business methods SDCE aims to carry out effective youth economic empowerment and
self-employment & skills development promotion among youth in NIGERIA using ICTs.

PROPOSED SOLUTION

The use of community digital resource centres and radios , ICYDICT will bring service delivery on ICT
education/training, closer to the youths/community ,improve behavioural change to empower them
and foster sustainable development for 50 million Nigerians. Provision of training in System Engineering,
Network Admin., Data Management, and Financial Derivatives Trading in local communities will
stimulate economy. Provision of free Internet access to over 1,200,000 youths in Nigeria in 24 months in
rural communities where IEC & ICT INFORMATION & NEWS are non existent will stimulate life-skill
education and development as well as provide good forum for public health and human rights
information for the enhancement of behaviour change

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION 1.◙Programming & Software Development, ◙System Engineering (MCSE,

2.◙Networking & Network Administration (CCNA, CCNP) 3.◙Database Management, Graphic Designs,
Accounting Software, Microsoft Office Applications, Digital Marketing, CCTV training etc.

HOW IT WORKS

A) i.To establish 12 ICT-based resource centres /digital libraries & 360 mini centres in six regions of
Nigeria, train 4,000 youth in System Engineering, Network Administration, Database Management, and
Financial Derivatives Trading as well as provide free Internet access to over 1,200,000 rural dwellers in
Nigeria in 24 months

(ii) Establish online sister-schools partnerships of 360 schools/communities with their counterparts in 15
other developing nations using free and open source software

(B) Improve life-skill education and training using community radios with integrated local technology
promotion and behaviour change messages, literacy training for youth and women; and offering local
technical training, management advice, and user education to sustain the system

(C) Stimulate the interest of youth, girls & women in science and technology with integrated health
education and drug abuse intervention messages within 12 months.

(D) ICYDICT increased job creation and economic empowerment of youths and significant level of
poverty alleviation within 12 months; raising 1560 entrepreneurs and equipping them with core
competencies in global securities and financial derivatives

(E) Create a capital pool in excess of $100m per annum (foreign direct capital and not money from our
local economy) which will be extremely useful in developing local infrastructure and driving local
investment opportunities in Nigeria.
(F) Provide internet services via established mini resource centres to over 60,000 youth and women in
Nigeria. Our design is a special scheme that leverages on the power of ICT in ushering the participants
into a globally competitive market having equipped them with world-class ICT training (MCSE, CCNA) to
international certification levels.