Unlike some other women in her social class, whose forte is to fly around the world spending their husbands’ wealth, beautiful Ebele Iyiegbu, a lawyer and wife of Obi Iyiegbu, famously known as Obi Cubana, a real estate mogul and consummate businessman, has rather carved a niche for herself with her philanthropic gestures.
As proof of her passion for child education, she founded the Kiek Foundation to cater to the needs of women and vulnerable children in society.
While growing up, her immediate environment had opened her mind to the ills militating against the positive growth of children; hence, the birth of Kiek Foundation’s Rural Area Children and Teenagers in Information and Communication Technology (RACT-in-ICT) programme, in collaboration with The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
With the current demand for ICT gurus across the world, she is catching them young by arming them with free tutorial classes, where children are taught the rudiments of coding, using ICT for global impact and also persuading them from using it for fraudulent means.
The training, which started on August 9, will end on August 21, 2021. It is held at the Junior Secondary School, Apo resettlement with the theme: ‘Bridging the Gap through Sustainable ICT Skills.’
It is expected to impact over 100 disadvantaged children and teenagers with relevant ICT skills needed to excel in a competitive world.
