Emplug Ecosystem, information, communication and technology organisation, has inaugurated two applications namely, Emchat and Plugbay that profess to reduce unemployment in the country by 45 per cent in the next two years.
The Managing Director, Engr. Azunna Chukwu, at the inauguration on Sunday, in Abuja, described the applications as having different features aimed at helping businesses to grow and to facilitate virtual meetings and conferences.
According to Chukwu, Emchat is a robust and dynamic chat, virtual meetings, full scale virtual conferencing App that allows you to do far more than any similar app has ever done.
“EmChat’s unique features gives you the options of setting up quick or instant virtual meetings (meet-ups) or virtual seminars, workshops or hosting conferences with millions of people in attendance.
“EmChat allows event organisers to sell their own tickets and virtual booths assign them on the platform and get paid directly into their bank accounts; making the platform a good source of income for event organizers.
“This Feature-rich platform has language channels that allows multiple interpreters from all over the world to support your translation needs without hassle, thereby allowing everyone enjoy your conference from any part of the world without glitches to the conference or event flow,” Chukwu said.
As for the PlugBay App, Chukwu said it is the world’s first truly Social Empowerment and micro-advertising App, which will create measurable positive impacts across all social cadres in Nigeria and globally.
“Among the most important challenges facing governments in developing countries, including Nigeria, is the task of identifying development strategies that can generate new employment and income opportunities, while reducing under-employment and unemployment.
“The urgent need to create employment opportunities is underscored by the higher rate of labour force growth than population growth. Persistent slow economic growth, particularly in the public sector, has forced many people, notably school leavers and college graduates, into marginal activities.
“Very little is known about the informal sector in Nigeria, and there seems to be no accurate data about the unemployed and underemployed. Policy makers are not even sure of the subsector dynamics of this segment of society let alone formulating pragmatic and reliable policies.
“The Plugbay social empowerment App is, therefore, an innovative platform that provides a permanent and sustainable solution to the intractable problem of unemployment in our society.
“These Apps are capable of reducing unemployment in the country by 45 per cent in two years,” he said.
He added that the Emplug Career Clinic is an unconventional 21st century centre that allows just about anyone seeking career advice and counselling to walk in and get it done for free.
The clinic was birthed because of the need to offer a solution to the proliferation of head hunters and internet job sites all claiming to be the messiah while taking advantage of the unemployed by making them pay huge fees and often, a percentage of their salaries, when they do get jobs for them.
“We offer CV crafting services, using our CV building App, Free Wi-Fi to secure jobs on the Emplug platform at no charges to them. We currently have three centres in Abuja, Lagos and Sokoto, which is nearing completion.
“It is our belief that since we are working for the citizenry and states, we are placing a call on Governments at all levels to partner with us by providing spaces and furnishings for us to offer these absolutely-free services to their people,” he said.
The event attracted several relevant stakeholders.