Digital Skills and Jobs of the Future
Around the world, 2020 has been a challenging year. Due to the effect of Covid – 19, many have lost their jobs as organizations moved digital
Overview:
Around the world, 2020 has been a challenging year. Due to the effect of Covid – 19, many have lost their jobs as organizations moved digital. Increasingly one major step needed to foster economic recovery and improve access to new jobs and opportunities for African youths all over the world is the expanded access to digital skills.
And one of the keys to a genuinely inclusive recovery are programs to provide easier access to digital skills for people hardest hit by job losses, including those with lower incomes, women, and underrepresented minorities.
Learning Objective/Outcome
- The programme aims to
- Introduce participants to Digital skills and how they can better equip themselves for the jobs of the future.
- Launch the CSEH/ Microsoft Digital Skills programme.
- Empower young Africans to harness Digital skills and better position them for opportunities all over the world.
- Build an ecosystem of Digital Entrepreneurs.
Benefits of attending the Course
- At the end of the programme, participants will
- Opportunities to be trained on Digital skills (Data Analytics, Financial Analytics, Software development, Product development, etc, for free.
- Acquire skills to maximize the talent and versatility of each team member.
Target Audience
- Youths
- Professionals looking to change Careers to TECH Industry
- Leaders who require Digital Skills
- Executives
- Project Managers
- STEMpreneurs
- TECHpreneurs
- Returnees
Jacky Wright
Chief Digital Officer Microsoft US
Yemi Orimolade
Marketing and Communications Coordinator, Microsoft MEA Philanthropies
Dr. Ibilola Amao (UK)
Principal Consultant, Lonadek Global Services
Mr. Harold Sinnott (USA)
Digital Transformation & AI, Expert
Naomi Ekpoki
Global Leader at United Nations & African Union. Youth Leadership and STEM Advocate
Mr. Dez Blanchfield (Sydney Australia)
Founder/CEO & Chief Data Scientist, Sociaall Inc
Samuel Jackson (NG)
Vision 2020 Project Officer: Moderator