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MICROSOFT PARTNERS WITH AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO UPSKILL 50 MILLION YOUTH AND
CREATE 25 MILLION JOBS IN AFRICA
June 4, 2018 | Microsoft News Center
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By: Ghada Khalifa, Director of Microsoft Philanthropies Middle East and Africa
Microsoft, in partnership with the African Development Bank (ADB), will launch
the Coding for Employment programme at the African Innovation Summit, which
takes place in Kigali, Rwanda on 6 June 2018. This new programme will prepare
African youth for tomorrow’s jobs while unleashing the next generation of
African digital innovators.
By 2025, ADB’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Initiative, of which the Coding for
Employment programme is a key part, will upskill 50 million youth and create 25
million jobs in agriculture, Information Communications and Technology (ICT) and
other key industries across Africa.
The Coding for Employment programme will be launching in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya,
Nigeria, Rwanda and Senegal. Its main goal is to ensure that digital skills are
not only accessible to young people, but also aims to support them with securing
meaningful employment opportunities. In addition, the programme will establish
130 Centres of Excellence across Africa as a means to help bridge the skills
gap.
The world is experiencing unprecedented socio-economic transformation as it
moves towards the fourth industrial revolution. Technology is infused into every
job and across every employment sector. But the pace of change and new skills
requirements are pushing some of these exciting opportunities out of reach for
many people in Africa. This is especially true for people with limited
educational opportunities and populations who have been historically underserved
and underrepresented.
We know that digital innovations have the power to solve some of the continent’s
biggest and most pressing developmental challenges while generating new job
opportunities. However, with the youth population in Africa growing so rapidly,
the digital divide continues to widen. There is a critical skills gap on the
continent that is posing challenges to youth looking for meaningful employment
in a rapidly changing workforce.
Therefore, the defining challenge of our time is ensuring that everyone is
included in the benefits that technology can bring. This requires that we change
the way we educate young people, adapt the way we train our current and future
workforce, and transform the way we look at our labour market, in order to
ensure that everyone is included. This is a massive undertaking that requires
the cooperation of every stakeholder including educators, employers, policy
makers and workers.
The collaboration between Microsoft and the ADB will do just that by equipping
youth across Africa with the skills needed to secure ICT, ICT-enabled, and ICT
services employment.
Microsoft will provide locally relevant curricula that is adapted according to
each country’s specific needs and context. We will focus on providing basic to
intermediate digital skills training as well as soft and employability skills.
To do this sustainably, we will be training university staff members, as well as
youth and community volunteers on digital skills at training sessions that will
take place at selected universities and Centres of Excellence across the region.
Over the last three years, the Microsoft Philanthropies Digital Skills programme
has upskilled 2.6 million underserved youth in Africa, generated over 50,000
employment and 2,680 internship opportunities, while enabling over 2,000
aspiring entrepreneurs to establish their own businesses.
Our investments have helped build the skills of the future, increase
employability and drive entrepreneurship. We are driven to support Africans
becoming leaders and innovators of locally and globally relevant technology
solutions.
We believe in a future where every young person has the skills, knowledge and
opportunities to succeed. Together with our partners like ADB we’re already
making great progress. This partnership will continue to focus on increasing the
participation of underserved youth and women while equipping youth across Africa
with the skills needed to fill jobs now and in the future.
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