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Yabatech canvasses collaboration with industry

Ibraheem emphasised that Yabatech treasured industry collaboration because it was crucial for aligning academic programs with real-world needs.

He explained that as part of efforts to collaborate with the industry, Yabatech had, “Established a Yabatech Industry Alliance Group to facilitate industry collaborations, established Yabatech ICT Academies to enhance students’ skills to keep up with advancements in technology and obtain skill certifications before graduation. It is also an opportunity for staff to earn additional income

“Collaboration with Skillfort (A telecom partner). 30 students were awarded partial scholarships for eight weeks of telecommunications training through the collaboration. We have secured continuous collaboration with MTN Nigeria on Youth Empowerment.

“Signed an MOU with Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. A staff member from the College has enrolled in a PhD program through the collaboration. We have signed an MOU with KOBE Institute of Computing, Japan. The collaboration will expose students and staff to 21st-century skills and many more.”

He added that to enhance infrastructure and resources, they had secured significant funding and strategic partnerships, including “N1.93b in research grants (local and international). In endowment, we have received donations of legacy projects worth N26b. Some of these are:

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