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All across Africa, digital developments are happening at an unprecedented rate. Countries are leading the way in adapting new technologies and embracing systems the rest of the world has been slow to embrace.

 

Sustaining rapid development

However, maintaining this rapid pace of development can be a challenge. From making education more accessible to narrowing the gap between university curriculum and marketplace demands to future-proofing businesses by implementing the latest technologies, much more can be done to ensure Africa continues to leapfrog ahead.

 

Empowering a new generation

From honing industry relevant skills to working with educational institutions and offering internship placements around the world, IBM is helping develop a new generation of technologically savvy professionals in Africa.
The Middle East and Africa University Program is a key component of these initiatives, with IBM training and certifying faculty members in the latest emerging technologies.
Covering mobile, security, analytics, big data, commerce and the Cloud, the program gives faculty vital knowledge on the most important developments in technology and gives them the tools, expertise and methodologies to transmit this knowledge to their students.

 

Education anyone can access

Delivered by IBM instructors and IBM trained university faculty in official IBM courses through a mix of hands-on lab work and e-learning via IBM Cloud, the Middle East and Africa University Program overcomes the confines of geography and makes education more widely accessible to people all across the continent. Today, Kenya, Nigeria, Mauritius, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia, amongst others, have already begun empowering their citizens.

 

“The Africa Skills Initiative is taking us in the right direction of having young people coming from the universities with knowledge that they can apply to solve Africa’s problems, using the technology that they have.”

- Paula Musuva, Lecturer, United States International University, Africa