Abu Dhabi Telecoms Giant Etisalat Launches Youth Career Projects with Zuriel Oduwole - CSR Initiative

Abu Dhabi Telecoms Giant Etisalat Launches Youth Career Projects with Zuriel Oduwole – CSR Initiative

Abu Dhabi Telecoms Giant Etisalat Launches Youth Career Projects with Zuriel Oduwole - CSR Initiative
One of the largest telecommunications companies in the Arab Emirates – ETISALAT has commenced a new Career Counseling program targeting youths in its various markets, which are spread across Africa, Asia and the Middle-East. It commenced with its largest market in Africa – Nigeria, which brings in almost 5% of the company’s total revenue. Etisalat has tapped the face, voice and inspiration of the worlds youngest filmmaker – 14 year old Zuriel Oduwole, to lead the initiative.
Abu Dhabi Telecoms Giant Etisalat Launches Youth Career Projects with Zuriel Oduwole - CSR InitiativeRecognized globally as an education advocate and a budding film maker [whose last feature film at the age of 12 screened in 5 countries on 3 continents, including showings in London, Accra, Tokyo and Johannesburg], her unique position as a youth herself was key in selecting her to lead the initiative. She took more than 550 school children over [2] days through aspects of personal development, and ending with a session on the rudiments of film making, to the youths delight and keen participation.
Abu Dhabi Telecoms Giant Etisalat Launches Youth Career Projects with Zuriel Oduwole - CSR InitiativeETISALAT hopes that one day, these youths in the worlds third largest film industry of Nollywood [Nigeria], after Hollywood and Bollywood, would take a more interesting look at the power of media in telling a compelling story that uplifts, while empowering them as future SME self employed individuals, not relying on governments for employment.
In the last 2 years, Zuriel Oduwole, whose first film class in Namibia in February 2016 produced a new film maker just 9 months later, has directed projects for Procter & Gamble as well as clothing giant GAP, in the US.
Abu Dhabi Telecoms Giant Etisalat Launches Youth Career Projects with Zuriel Oduwole - CSR Initiative
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