The US tech giant will‚ in partnership with Livity Africa‚
run two training programmes namely ‘Digify Bytes’ which will give digital
skills to young people looking to develop a digital career; and ‘Digify Pro’, a
3-month immersion programme for digital specialists.
Google plans to train 300,000 people in South Africa, it said
in a statement Tuesday, a country where 35% of 15-to-34-year-olds are
unemployed. A further 400,000 Nigerians and 200,000 Kenyans will receive free
digital training, while another 100,000 people will be selected from other
sub-Saharan Africa countries.
In addition to the two programmes to be offered‚ Google on
Tuesday launches online learning portal digifyafrica.com‚ offering a range of
digital skills courses for anyone in Africa for free.
Currently‚ nine training courses are available‚ with the aim
of increasing the number of courses on offer to 50 by July.
“The Digify programmes (which are all free) will provide tools
and knowledge on subjects including building an online presence‚ creating
content‚ understanding web design and user experience‚ social media and app
development”‚ said the company in a statement.
Google South Africa’s Country Director‚ Luke McKend‚ says
“the internet is at the heart of economic growth and the Digital Skills
Programme is aimed at helping more Africans play a part in the digital
economy”.
“Google is in Africa for the long haul and we are making an
investment in talent,” he said. “We hope that the people trained will become
pioneers in the field and do great things in digital for companies and for
Google.”
“Everyone can succeed online‚ start a new business‚ grow
their existing one‚ or share their passion”‚ he added.
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