Digital Literacy and the gig economic: a critical step in Youth empowerment for Nation Building.
Executive Summary: As a young person, working on projects for multiple companies at the same time can help to grow skill sets and expose workers to more opportunities. More independence and freedom to choose when and where to work. Less risk of job and income loss with multiple employers. Also, digital literacy is a good way young people could get along with the latest trends and be competitive globally. A good number of our IG related issues when traced to the root cause, deals directly with the youth. In Nigeria as a society or community, if more attention is paid to the policies and regulations that create an enabling environment for a thriving youth population, it is safe to say we can predict our future and direction with hope for a virile and vibrant economy. Introduction: This century has witnessed an unprecedented revolution from the invention of the Internet which has led to automation of processes, a digital economy, optimised systems and creation of new and flexible job...