Google Africa has pledged to
train 1 million young people in Africa on digital knowledge skills in the next
12 months, reports ITRealms.
Small and Medium Business (SMB) Marketing Manager
& Digital Education Lead for Google Africa, Bunmi Banjo disclosed
this to ITRealms, saying it would help close the yearning knowledge gap on the continent.
“Google is today
pledging to train 1 million young people in Africa in digital skills in the
next year,” Banjo stated in an official Google post made available to ITRealms.
The digital education
lead, also said this pledge forms part of Google’s contribution to growing
Africa’s digital economy.
For this reason, Banjo
further said they are partnering, Livity Africa, to run two training programmes: Digify Bytes, aimed at helping young people
develop a digital career; and Digify Pro, a 3-month immersion programme to
develop digital specialists for jobs in companies or digital agencies.
“Today, we’re also
launchingdigifyafrica.com - an online-learning
portal that will house a range of digital skills tutorials and courses.
Available to anyone in Africa, it’s been designed to be as “light” as possible
to help people manage data usage,” Banjo said.
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