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IBM is investing in Africa\u2019s workforce: <\/strong>IBM is ramping up its digital skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 mn Africans in the next five years, \u201clooking toward building a future workforce on the continent,\u201d Loni Prinsloo writes for Bloomberg<\/a>. The company is investing USD 70 mn to roll out the program in South Africa, but other countries set to benefit include \u201cNigeria, Kenya, Morocco and Egypt, enabling the expansion of the project across the continent.\u201d IBM\u2019s aim is clear; the company projects Africa will have the largest workforce on the planet by 2040 and it wants \u201cto lay the foundation blocks to build a digital workforce,\u2019\u2019 Juan Pablo Napoli, head of IBM Skills Academy, says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IBM is investing in Africa\u2019s workforce: IBM is ramping up its digital skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 mn Africans in the next five years, \u201clooking toward building a future workforce on the continent,\u201d Loni Prinsloo writes for Bloomberg. 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