MASTERCARD Foundation and My World of Bags have said their Kafawa Training Programme has graduated its first set of fully-trained leather industry artisans, entrepreneurs, craftsmen, and women.
According to a statement, training’s focus is to train young Nigerian women and men in leather and non-leather manufacturing work.
They added that the programme had so far enrolled over 400 young women and men through in-person and virtual sessions.
The Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises Finance Lead for Mastercard Foundation, Chioma Nwagboso, said, “We are grateful to our partner, My World of Bags, for creating opportunities for young people in Nigeria to thrive and succeed.
“We are confident that the Kafawa graduates will use their newly-acquired technical and soft skills to reach their full potential.”
The Creative Director, FemiHandbags, Femi Olayebi, added, “We are encouraged by the enormous potential that exists across Nigeria’s youth group and we are excited to be creating channels that will tap into that potential.
“Through Kafawa, hundreds of young dreamers have started defining their goals and taking control of their futures, and we are immensely proud of their progress and achievements. We are honoured to be driving such change, and we look forward to deepening this impact in the coming years.”
The statement added that Kafawa is set to roll out the next set of training sessions in late 2022.
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