STEM Centre| Makerspace| Hardware Incubator
Category : SUPA
Computer Aided Design (CAD) students learning to dissect, analyse and design human foot and different kinds of footwears at SkillUpAbia2018, a project of Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND
Category : SUPA
We are pleased to invite you to Skill Up Abia Graduation.
Date: Sunday, 3rd February 2019
Venue: CIC Makerspace
7 Factory Road, Aba.
Time: 2:00 pm
Highlights:
There will be a Startup Pitch Competition for 10 shortlisted startups emerging from Skill Up Abia. Three winners will be selected to participate in CIC Business Incubation program.
Skill Up Abia (SUPA) is a youth employment program of Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) Aba supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND).
Clintonel Innovation Centre is Nigeria’s first indigenous Markerspace and Hardware Incubator, Proudly Made in Aba.
Our Vision is to transform Nigeria into a technology producer, creating millions of employment for young Nigerians. We develop capacity in Nigeria for technology development and manufacturing.
Participants in Skill Up Abia are equipped with Market Ready Skills in Emerging Markets including: Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Renewable Energy. Some of the trainees graduate and start up new businesses, some secure jobs in existing companies while the rest become self-employed freelancers.
Thank you for the honour of your presence.
Category : SUPA
Today at Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC, #SkillUpAbia graduating class was taught soft skills to complement their technical skills. They were equipped with tools for strategic thinking, personal effectiveness, competent leadership, and right orientation to work.
The training was facilitated by Wider Perspectives Ltd, a top management consulting firm.
Skill Up Abia is supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND.
Category : SUPA
Skill Up Abia is a youth employment project to equip unemployed young persons with market ready skills of Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Renewable (Solar) Energy.
Video Link: https://youtu.be/lOzVyCCCEbE
Through Skill Up Abia hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created in Nigeria.
Skill Up Abia is a Project of Clintonel Innovation Centre – CICAba (cic.clintonel.biz) supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND
Category : SUPA
To ensure funding does not inhibit #SkillUpAbia graduating trainees, Clintonel Innovation Centre (CIC) organised a 2-day funding workshop, anchored by Tochukwu Emelone who has won several national and international awards.Watch out for these stars, Proudly Made in Aba! Skill Up Abia is supported by PIND.
Category : SUPA
In their second project defence, the CAM trainees created designs of the following products:
*Book Shelve
*Drink dispenser
*Stationery rack
*Workshop organiser
*Reading stand
Very soon, Nigeria will begin to produce the goods she consumes, creating abundance of jobs for our youth.
#SkillUpAbia is a Project of Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC Aba supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND
Category : SUPA
Trainees at Skill Up Abia had a first-hand experience installing solar panels on different types of roofs.
Category : SUPA
Inadequate power supply is a very serious problem in Nigeria inhibiting industrial and economic growth. Through Skill Up Abia, Clintonel Innovation Centre – CIC Aba is training an army of young people to solve this problem harnessing renewable (solar) energy.
At a field work, trainees installed 1500Watts of solar energy in an office complex.
Skill Up Abia is supported by Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta – PIND.
Category : In the News
Tochukwu Chukwueke is an inventor. The quest for a place to test his designs and utilize his creative ability led Tochukwu to set up the first indigenous makerspace in the most unlikely of places in Nigeria – Aba, South East Nigeria. Having built Nigeria’s first indigenous makerspace, he shared his journey whilst making the case that makerspaces are critical infrastructure for Nigeria.
Find out why he is convinced about this from the link below:
This talk was given at TEDxOguiRoad, a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Category : In the News
We presented a 3D Printed Desktop Map of Abia State to the executive governor of Abia State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu at the inauguration of Proudly Made in Aba Hackathon Incubation at IgHub.
CLINTONEL Technology is poised to change the narrative of Technology in Aba and Nigeria.