Google to train 1 mln young Africans in digital skills

Nieuws IT Kenia 12 APR 2016
Google to train 1 mln young Africans in digital skills
Google has announced a commitment to train 1 million young Africans in digital skills in the next year, supporting its partner Livity Africa to run two free training programmes. Digify Bytes will offer digital skills to young people looking to develop a digital career. Digify Pro is a three-month immersion scheme for digital specialists.

 

Google Country Manager, Charles Murito said the Digital Skills Program is aimed at helping more Kenyans play an integral part in the digital economy. To support the project, Google has also launched an online learning portal called Digifvafrica with a range of digital skills tutorials and courses.

These programs have already launched in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, and will be scaled to reach more people in the next 12 months. A group of 65 volunteer Googlers from around the world are helping the Livity team with content development.

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