Developers of Information Technology (IT) projects, especially
web-based in Nigeria have began to embrace the SkillsMix outsourcing portal for
their executions, says the Managing Director/chief executive officer, Thought
Studio, Samuel Adesoga, at the Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) in Lagos, Tuesday,
during a chat.
He also said that the developers expressed their support for the
platform, stressing that CcHub is Nigeria’s first open living lab and
pre-incubation space designed as a multi-functional, multi-purpose space where
work to catalyze creative social technology ventures take place.
ITRealms recalls that the hub is a place for technologists,
social entrepreneurs, government, tech companies, impact investors and hackers
in and around Lagos to co-create new solutions to the many social problems in
Nigeria and the world at large.
Mr. Adesoga pointed out that local project owners who seek
skillful professionals to execute and fulfill their projects need not worry any
more as SkillsMix is open to all freelance
web designers, web developers, marketers and writers who require avenue to
express their prowess.
Equally, he said that the outsourcing and crowd-sourcing site
was designed specifically for project owners seeking how to
effectively execute their projects, which could be a web design or similar projects
on time and on budget.
“The project owners can outsource the projects to freelancers in
order to save costs” he said, underscoring the fact that SkillsMix portal would source the right freelance designers, developers,
writers among others from across the nation on behalf of the project owners.
He, therefore, urged local IT developers who are mindful of
earning additional incomes to register on the site, as registration on the
SkillsMix site is free. Some categories of job listed on the site include logo
design, graphic design, basic web design, e-commerce, blogs, content management
systems, mobile apps, social networks, database, search engine optimization,
web apps and software, writing and marketing.
Explaining how SkillsMix works to ITRaelms, Adesoga said that
project owners are required to post their projects and project specification on
the website, thus enabling registered
freelancers and skilled workers to locate these projects and join the project's
discussion online.
“SkillsMix’s objective is to deepen the growing
information communications technology industry in Nigeria” he declared.
According to him, SkillMix is designed such that each project has its own discussion forum
where freelancers would raise questions concerning the project under scrutiny.
The freelancers would convince the project owner about their skills and
experiences as well as qualifications to execute the projects. Each skilled
worker/freelancer has a profile page that exhibits the communication skills,
work ethic, technical skills, reviews from past projects to name a few.
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