Mubarak Tiamiyu is a public speaker and software engineer who works with the National Youth Service Corps in Abuja. He is project officer for Crestcare Empowerment Foundation, where he volunteers to train Nigerian youths in information and communication technology (ICT) and employability skills. Mubarak is the curator of TEDxIsaleGeneral, a local event that brings people together to share worthy ideas for community development at a TED-like experience. He recently launched Project METRICS (Modern Electronic & Technology Revolution in Civil Service), which is a series of training modules designed to equip Nigerian civil servants with basic ICT skills and tTools in order to bridge the digital gap and improve productivity. Mubarak believes that if people know better, they can do better. Upon completion of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Mubarak plans to roll out Project METRICS to all public offices in Nigeria to empower the workforce using ICT.