Skills contest to come up on April 26

The annual technical and vocational skills competition, conference, and expo, known as SkillFest, will take place between April 26 and 28 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, according to the social enterprise and skill advocate for Nigeria, iCreate Africa.

Through its elegant promotion of trade professions, SkillFest consistently proves to be an eye-opening experience for participants/competitors and mostly attendees. SkillFest seeks to promote technical skills as a global currency and a tool fashioned to empower young people to create sustainable and inclusive economies.

It serves as additional evidence that developing one's talents is crucial to finding long-term solutions to Nigeria's problems with high rates of youth unemployment, a skills gap, and industrialization.

In earlier iterations, artists competed in groups for a variety of crafts, including plumbing, masonry, tiling, electrical wiring, furniture, and welding and fabrication.

The event will be held under the "Builders Show" name for the second time for the sixth edition, which is designed to address the enormous skill gap in the built environment.

The Builders Show concept is unique and the first of its kind. It was created with a variety of features, such as panel discussions and paper presentations on pressing issues affecting skills in the built environment, competition between artisans from different trade professions, and exhibitions by both public and private sector organizations in the built environment.

“Perhaps the unique quality of the event and value proposition is the celebrity show outlook never experienced in the industry.

Artisans and their crafts will be showcased to stakeholders in the built environment through a contest amidst glitz and pageantry. The best-performing artisan will be awarded medals, trophies, and financial rewards.

“After successfully hosting five editions across the country and impacting thousands of youths, we have recorded significant gains in closing the huge gap between supply and demand of professional skill with the SkillFest event. Chief amongst the gains include training artisans on proficiency, professionalism, image, safety, and billing.

We have supported several successful building projects by providing artisans with the quality skillset, thereby mitigating certain risks to the advantage of contractors and project owners. The 6th edition will be exponential,” said Bright Jaja, Founder, and CEO, iCreate Africa.

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