By Janet A. Sesay
Orange Sierra Leone Digital Centre is launching a free high-level certification training programme in partnership with Coursera, the world leader in online learning.
This partnership aims to offer young people in Africa and the Middle East the opportunity to acquire essential skills in digital professions, free of charge and at their own pace.
Orange Digital Centre (ODC) network is driving digital inclusion for young people and entrepreneurs across Africa and the Middle East through its sixteen (16) centres.
This initiative is being launched to provide young people in the region with key skills in essential areas like artificial intelligence, cyber-security, digital marketing and entrepreneurship.
These programmes are also designed to meet the needs of the ever-evolving job market, providing talented young people with the knowledge and skills they need to enter the job market, develop their careers and encourage them to become digital entrepreneurs.
The Orange Digital Centres are physical structures designed to be hubs of innovation and learning, free and open to all, providing a dynamic environment where young people can develop their skills, explore new technologies, and stimulate their creativity.
Equipped with the latest technologies, this initiative supports young people throughout the entire technological innovation and entrepreneurship value chain.
This innovation ecosystem consists of several spaces that offer free learning programmes, Codes for Schools, a Solidarity FabLab, an ‘Orange Fab’ start-up accelerator, Orange Ventures Middle East and Africa, the Orange Group’s investment fund that invests in the most promising start-ups.
Asma Ennaifer, Executive Director CSR, Orange Digital Centre and Communication, Orange Africa and Middle East, said at Orange, they firmly believe that digital inclusion is the key to creating a fairer and more prosperous future for everyone.
She said in partnership with Coursera through the Orange Digital Centres, they are opening the doors of certification training to all their beneficiaries, offering educational and professional development opportunities to those who need them most.
