GOOGLE DIGITAL SKILLS FOR AFRICA

Google has announced that over 500 000 young Africans have been trained on digital skills under its Digital Skills Africa program.In a statement released to the media, in April  last year Google committed to train one million people across the continent on digital skills within a year and has, six months later, reached the halfway mark. The announcement was made alongside the launch of its online training portal for Africa.

The portal, which offers online courses on a wide range of digital subjects, including web analytics, social media management and mobile marketing, will be available in English, French and, in the near future, Portuguese.

The global firm states that youth unemployment across Africa is high (35% in South Africa, 17% in Kenya, 13% in Nigeria) - developing digital entrepreneurship and creating new job opportunities for young people is critical to Africa's transformative growth. But digital skills are still under-developed, making it harder for African economies to get the most out of the web.

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