Microsoft has celebrated the pioneer graduates of the Microsoft Power Up Program, amongst whom was Gift Ahmed Otohinoyi, the only Nigerian.
Otohinoyi who hails from Kogi State, is a fresh graduate of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) from the Department of Computer Science.
The Microsoft program, a 12-week skilling program was designed to help non-technical professionals to successfully advance into a new career path in low-code application development using Microsoft Power Platform.
According to the Principal PM Lead of the program, Dimpi Gandhi, 87,000 people from 193 applied for the program when it was announced in September 2022.
“After lots of hard work by dedicated learners and Power Up Champs, 18 learners successfully graduated from the program. Each of these graduates has completed the required learning modules, attended required virtual sessions, and successfully developed an application that passed an assessment by a Power Up Champ.
“Only six weeks after we announced the Power Up Program, we launched a pilot cohort in three regions (Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe-Middle East-Africa) on October 31, 2022. After lots of hard work by dedicated learners and Power Up Champs, 18 learners successfully graduated from the program.
“Each of these graduates has completed the required learning modules, attended required virtual sessions, and successfully developed an application that passed an assessment by a Power Up Champ. The graduates have been awarded a free voucher to earn a Power Platform certification and a Power Up badge that can be added to their LinkedIn profile,” Gandhi said.
