GOOGLE TRAINS 1MILLION AFRICANS IN DIGITAL SKILLS IN 11 MONTHS

Google On Wednesday 15th March announced that it has reached the 1million milestone in its digital skills programme. Google confirmed it has reached its target early, which it had announced on 16th April 2016 on training of 1million Africans.
The company has set itself to train even more Africans.
Google is extending its commitment to the digital skills programme by assisting local communities further in several ways. Firstly, it will provide offline version of its online training materials to reach individuals and businesses in low access areas where it is unable to hold physical training sessions. It will also provide offline version of the contents in languages like hausa, Swahili and isizulu. The digital skills programme offers 89 courses through the online portal: http://digitalskills.withgoogle.com. Google works with 14 training partners covering more than 20 countries to offer face to face training.