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By Wtr Gideon Tobiloba  Before now, China boasts of the country with the highest number of skills export in form of expertriates to many countries in the world, Africa inclusive. They are a major part of the workforce in Qatar building the stadiums needed for the 2022 World Cup. They are in Europe, America, and Africa doing what they are best known for - working! Chinese workers anywhere you see them are known for cheap labor and this does not affect the quality of the delivery of their job/work. The story is quite different in Africa because Africa is far behind in most of the areas Chinese expertriate specializes in. The Chinese government has come up with different strategies in a bid to giving Africa what it needs in exchange for the resources in Africa needed by China. In Angola for example, in exchange for their crude which China get at a very low price and which is to continue for many years, China is building schools, roads, rails, hospitals, etc which Angola needs ba

Wtr Gideon Tobiloba As Nigeria continues to battle epileptic power supply and unemployment, experts believe alternative energy is the way to go and one of such expert is Engr. Atinuke Wuraola Owolabi, MNSE, MNIEEE, the MD/CEO of Wurvicat Solar Foundation who recently in Lagos launched a campaign to train 5000 young Nigerians in solar technology free of charge in a project tagged "PROJECT ENERGY 247 A.C.E"  which means 24 hours, 7days Affordable  Clean Energy. This is a five- year plan that is set out to train over five thousand (5000) STEM Youth Corp members across the nation with the pilot scheme starting in LAGOS STATE on "Affordable Clean Energy". It is a year free technical hands-on training that will equip fresh graduates  ( Members of the National Youth Service Corps) with the relevant economic and hands-on skills on Solar Energy Technology  and at the same time position them as agents of positive change across the nation. The training which will comme