Google has announced that it plans to train one million young Africans over the next one year under the tech giant’s digital skills programme. In view of this objective, Google said it is seeking for potential partners to scale up the training programme.
According to a statement on Tuesday, Google said 400,000 Nigerians, 300,000 South Africans and 200,000 Kenyans will receive free digital training. Another set of 100,000 people will be selected from other sub-Saharan African countries.
“Google is in Africa for the long haul and we are making an investment in talent,” Luke Mckend, Google South Africa country head told Bloomberg. “We hope that the people trained will become pioneers in the field and do great things in digital for companies and for Google.”
In partnership with Livity Africa, a nonprofit organisation based in Cape Town, South Africa, Google has launched Digify Africa (digifyafrica.com), an online learning portal designed to improve young people’s chances of gaining employment and also their ability to become digital entrepreneurs.
The platform offers two training programmes, Digify Pro and Digify Bytes. Digify Bytes is a one or two-day training programme aimed at giving young people and job seekers digital marketing skills while Digify Pro is a three-month immersion programme for digital specialists. The Digify programmes are all free.
Apart from Livity Africa, Google said it is also looking for other partners across Africa to drive the digital skills training programme. “We’re also talking to a number of other potential partners across Africa with a view to scaling the digital skills training programme and helping to reach even more young people in more countries,” Google said in a statement.
“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,” McKend said.
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