By Foday Moriba Conteh
In a bid to equip bloggers with necessary skills on how they can leverage on ways and ideas in order to improve on their work in the country, Africell Impact Foundation has on Saturday 11th March, 2023 commenced a two month training programme for 20 selected bloggers in the country. The training, which is to be conducted on every Saturday within the two months period, will be held at the Africell Impact Foundation E Learning Center on Wilkinson Road in Freetown.
Speaking during the commencement of the training, the Head of Digital Marketing at Africell, Kamanda Koroma, stated that the Africell Impact Foundation, which is the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Africell, is all about empowering people to contribute to their communities, stating further that the Foundation helps to build strong and resilient communities by bringing people together, both digitally and physically and connecting them to opportunities in education, the arts, healthcare and more.
He said it is in that regard that they deemed it fit to commence a two months E-Learning training for 20 selected bloggers in order to equip them with the necessary skills that will help in enhancing their work.
Kamanda Koroma pointed out that the world is moving digital and that social media to the emerging market is very important, adding that the training will serve as an opportunity for those selected bloggers to be equipped on how they can leverage on ways and ideas in order to improve their businesses and to utilize the social media by themselves in an improved and professional manner.
He revealed that the training is completely free stating that after the training participants would have understood the major role that they play within the digital space.
The Head of Digital Marketing concluded by stating that the Africell Impact Foundation E-Learning Center situated on Wilkinson Road in Freetown is open to members of the public who intend to be equipped in various areas, and that interested members of the public should visit Africell’s official website for more details.
One of the participants, Osman Bendu expressed appreciation to Africell Impact Foundation for the commencement of the training which he described as not only important but very timely to them as bloggers in the country.
He said that from the commencement of the training he is with the strong conviction that at the end participants will be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills needed to enhance their work as bloggers.
Osman Bendu concluded by encouraging fellow participants to make use of the given opportunity by Africell Impact Foundation for them to be well equipped at the end of the training.
Other participants who spoke to this medium expressed same sentiments.
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