Browsing: Africa’s youth

Opportunities for youth: Tech firms Gebeya and NVIDIA to train 50,000 developers in Africa

Africa October 30, 2024

This initiative focuses on training developers to become certified in NVIDIA’s technologies, creating talent knowledgeable in AI, data science, and GPU processing.
By nurturing a workforce skilled in AI and advanced tech, this alliance will drive innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.
Young developers will gain job opportunities and contribute to solutions in healthcare, finance, and agriculture.

Africa’s youth population, one of the fastest-growing in the world, presents both a challenge and an opportunity.

With millions of young Africans entering the job market each year, the continent faces a pressing need to generate work opportunities to check a worsening joblessness crisis.

However, in this era of digital transformation, the gig economy has emerged as a beacon of hope for Africa’s young workforce.

Two tech firms, Gebeya Inc. and NVIDIA, are rising to the occasion by launching an ambitious program to train 50,000 African developers, signaling strong intent to bridge …

Youth population in Africa; a resource or ticking time bomb?

Industry and Trade March 1, 2023

Over the past decade, addressing the three pressing needs of the youth—education, engagement, and livelihoods—has become a central tenet of global and continental policy discussions. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consider youth as essential partners for achieving inclusive and peaceful societies.

Africans of all ages seem to understand that if the youth are suffering and unable to establish productive livelihoods, it becomes a societal problem. As such, many agree that there is a need for intervention from the government and other stakeholders in addressing the challenge of youth unemployment in Africa.…

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Investing In Africa’s Education: How The Pandemic Has Changed The Dynamics Of Learning!

Africa September 30, 2020

The role played by education in addressing some of the challenges faced on the African continent cannot be underplayed. Not only does a good education have the capacity to improve individual livelihoods but also economic progression at a macro level.

The majority of the continent grapples with similar challenges including, poverty, exclusion, wars, HIV/AIDS, poor infrastructure among others. It stands to reason that there is a critical need for investing in Africa’s education to begin to make strides in addressing some of these issues.

While education can be considered a social service and therefore a government-related key result area, there is scope for non-government entities in the education sector.