1. CLOUD COMPUTING: MAKING THE
UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH PRIVILEGED.

2. The number of underprivileged youths in
Nigeria increases on a daily basis due to the
country’s high poverty rate. According to the
World Bank (2000), about 70 percent of
Nigerians fell below the poverty line of $1.25.
These underprivileged youths lack access to
the basic necessities of life with the disables
being the hardest hit.

3. Many of these youths spend their night-time
under the bridges and on the expressways.
This is more pronounced in Lagos State. These
youths have little or no education and you will
agree with me that education is a very
powerful means for these youths to carve a
niche for themselves. The worth of human
society is not in how much it earns but how
much it knows (education).

4. Cloud computing can act as a platform for
underprivileged youths to access education.
Cloud computing refers to applications and
services offered over the internet. These
services are offered from data centers all over
the world, which collectively are referred to as
the “cloud”. The idea of the “cloud” simplifies
the many network connections and computer
systems involved in online services.

5. With cloud computing, all that will be needed
to make these youths literates will be
available in the “cloud”. This will eliminate the
cost of buying thousands of textbooks and
provide an up to date information on the
courses to be taught. Subjects to be taught
include but not limited to English
Language, Mathematics and among other
relevant subjects. In addition, we intend to
make these youths IT compliant through
acquisition of IT skills like word
processing, internet training, good typing
skills, computer management and among
other IT skills.

6. All the materials needed for our training will be
available in the “cloud”. Thus, these youths will
be able to access these materials anywhere and
anytime with or without the presence of our
tutors.
Training will be done in classrooms and this
program will commence in Lagos State. For a
start, one laptop will be allocated to three (3)
youths. With computers getting cheaper by the
day, this does not seem unfeasible. Laptop can be
gotten in Nigeria for #30,000 ($200) which is very
cheap if you consider Nigeria’s economy.

7. Nigeria’s erratic power supply may be a
problem but we intend to solve this by making
use of solar energy in addition to hydropower
provided by Nigeria’s power body.

8. Mathematics English
Language Typing
Internet Word Processing
CLOUD
Computer
Solar Energy
UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTHS
OUR MODEL

9. By 2017, we hope to have empowered about
50 percent of underprivileged Nigerian youths
through our program all things being equal.
We know that there will be lots of challenges
but with strong determination we hope to
surmount these challenges. Challenges are
only stepping stones to success.