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Ericsson and Good Africa Digital Academy announce the digital upskilling of 100 policymakers and regulators throughout 19 African nations on the subjects of rising applied sciences to advertise and enhance digital transformation throughout Africa by schooling and capability constructing.
The collaboration is geared toward enhancing the digital expertise of a goal group of senior officers from ministries and regulatory authorities, in command of Info and Communications Expertise (ICT) by offering entry to Ericsson’s international expertise program – Ericsson Educate.
”The Fourth Industrial Revolution is fueled by innovation and data. Expertise affords a fantastic alternative for Africa to embrace new alternatives to spice up digital transformation and contribute to the worldwide economic system. We’re glad to see our members benefitting significantly from our collaboration with Ericsson, and we’re wanting ahead to witnessing the constructive developments that can be caused,” mentioned Thelma Quaye, Director of Infrastructure, Abilities and Empowerment at Good Africa.
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Along with entry to self-learning digital expertise content material, the Ericsson Educate program helped ship a sequence of webinars led by 27 Topic Matter Consultants from Ericsson. The collaboration ran from November 2022 to January 2023.
The specifically curated digital workshops coated subjects associated to rising applied sciences a part of the Fourth Business Revolution (4IR) akin to 5G networks, the Web of Issues (IoT), Community Safety, Synthetic Intelligence (AI), and Machine Studying (ML).
Fida Kibbi, Vice President and Head of Advertising and marketing, Communications, and Sustainability & Company Duty at Ericsson Center East and Africa says: “We’re completely happy to see the fruitful end result of our collaboration with Good Africa Digital Academy inside such a short while interval.”
“Geared up with a deeper understanding on how present and rising applied sciences work and the way these may be finest used, the coverage makers and regulators can allow the digital transformation of the continent by creating one of the best circumstances for residents, shoppers, and companies.” Kibbi mentioned.
