NewsAlison CEO, Mike Feerick, To Visit Nigeria

Alison CEO, Mike Feerick, To Visit Nigeria

BEVERLY HILLS, November 22, (THEWILL) – Alison CEO and Founder, Mike Feerick, will visit Nigeria for the first time this week to meet Alison Graduates and to learn about one of the world’s fastest growing education markets.
Founded in 2007 and widely considered the world’s first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provider, Alison’s holds enormous promise for Nigeria’s burgeoning educational need, not least among its extraordinary youthful population.
Speaking before his visit, Mr Feerick said that “visiting Nigeria is something I have wanted to do for the longest time, and I am hugely excited by the upcoming visit.
“My excitement stems from the fact that I believe the Alison free learning model can be hugely impactful in Nigeria, where there is a huge demand and thirst for education and skills development.
“Yet, because of the huge scale of the population, there is simply no way that the old ways of teaching and training can help all those who need to learn.
“If Nigeria is serious about making available educational and skills training opportunities to all its people, then the opportunity of a platform like Alison must be embraced.”
Natasha Mee, a market researcher based in Ireland at Alison HQ, but originally from South Africa, added “Mike is a world traveller, and wherever he goes, he meets Alison graduates, to learn, to encourage, to publicise.
“With 300,000 learners and many tens of thousands of graduates, Nigeria is an increasingly important market for Alison – and one where Alison’s free learning model holds enormous promise to bridge the huge and steep education and skills divide.”
While in Nigeria, Mr Feerick will welcome opportunities to speak to local media who are interested in understanding more about the extent of Nigeria’s educational challenge, and how Alison can answer that call.
Mr Feerick will also meet a select number of Alison Graduates, both to learn from them and to record their inspirational stories.

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