Mohammed Alfan’s free MS Excel workshops reach out to people around the world
The Hindu
Through his campaign #excelaroundtheglobe, Alfan wants the world to wake up to the potential of MS Excel
Mohammed Alfan from Kozhikode has been on a mission to popularise the use of MS Excel. He has been conducting free workshops and webinars for over two years now. When the pandemic struck, he launched a campaign #excelaroundtheglobe, which brought him students from different parts of the world. He has already trained students and professionals from over 12 countries including Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Sudan and Nigeria in addition to students from the UK and the Gulf countries. He has trained over 3,000 students from African countries alone.
“The idea is to make Excel more accessible to people and demystify it,” says Mohammed.
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