It is no secret that Africa is the “virgin continent” with the lowest technology penetration. There is a fierce battle amon the leading technology companies to capture the heart of Africa.
The youth are Africa’s heart. Futurists and development experts predict the explosion of Africa’s youth numbers in the next 20 – 30 years. Given this dynamic and the lack of development on the continent, technology companies are rushing in to train youths how to use their product offerings.
Some radicals have called this, “the recolonisation” of Africa whilst some optimists have branded it a “win-win” situatuion where the companies push for product adoption and the youths get 4IR skills that they would never have got anyway.
It is an interesting race and most companies are offering their training for free.
Google has left no stone unturned in its quest to have as many African youths proficient in Google CLoud Platform (GCP) skills. Once the youths are addicted to the GCP then the company will benefit in the long-run.
I think this is a noble gesture from Google and African youths should use this opportunity to learn as much as possible and hope one day we will use that knowledge to create an African Google.
For Africa to win the technology war we have to collaborate with the incumbents as much as possible with a single view of extracting knowledge so we can reverse engineer their systems and/or create our own authentically African technologies.
Until African banks, insurance companies, factories are using African technologies to power ther ther tech stacks we have not won the war against colonialism. We have to work with the big boys and have a plan to beat them.
Below are some of the courses being offered by Google that you and I can take advantage of.
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Get a business online
Make sure customers find you online
Promote a business with online advertising
Expand a business to other countries
Connect with customers over mobile
Promote a business with content
Understand customers needs and online behaviours
Build confidence with self-promotion
How to enhance and protect your online campaign
Land your next job
Understand the basics of code
How to increase productivity at work
Understand the basics of machine learning
Improve your online business security
Intro to digital wellbeing
Effective networking
Business communication
Communicate your ideas through storytelling and design
Speaking in public
Organisational design: Know your organisation
Strategic Innovation: Building and Sustaining Innovative Organizations
The Science of Well-Being
Social Psychology
Think Again III: How to Reason Inductively
Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals
Machine Learning Crash Course
Elements of AI
Technical Support Fundamentals
Customer Segmentation and Prospecting
Fundamentals of Graphic Design
Conflict Transformation
Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence
Foundations of Everyday Leadership
Securing Digital Democracy
English for Career Development
Computational Thinking for Problem Solving
Preparing to Manage Human Resources
Influencing People
Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)
Model Thinking
Business Writing
Front-End Web UI Frameworks and Tools: Bootstrap 4
Organizational Design and Management
Search Engine Optimization Fundamentals
Research Proposal: Initiating Research
Introduction to Cybersecurity for Business
Python Basics
Think Again I: How to Understand Arguments
Content, Advertising & Social IMC
High Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation
Exploring and Preparing your Data with BigQuery
Think Again II: How to Reason Deductively
Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education
Enterprise System Management and Security
Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills
Software Development Processes and Methodologies
Improving Communication Skills
Design Thinking for Innovation
Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector
Marketing in a Digital World
Cloud Computing Concepts, Part 1
What is Social?
Kotlin for Java Developers
Initiating and Planning Projects
SQL for Data Science
Work Smarter, Not Harder: Time Management for Personal & Professional Productivity
Giving Helpful Feedback
Fundamentals of Network Communication
Database Management Essentials
Instructional Design Foundations and Applications
What is Data Science?
YouTube Certification
Decision Making in a Complex and Uncertain World
Intro to TensorFlow for Deep Learning
Using Creative Problem Solving
Team Coaching
Introduction to Python Programming
Version Control with Git
Object-Oriented JavaScript
Introduction to Cybersecurity
SQL for Data Analysis
Intro to JavaScript
Build Native Mobile Apps with Flutter
Kotlin Bootcamp for Programmers
Developing Android Apps with Kotlin
Android developer
Junior web developer
Salesforce developer
Front-end developer
Learn how to learn
Understanding the web
Think like a computer: the logic of programming
Which digital job is made for you?
Develop your career plan
Build a sales strategy for your freelance business
Host a design thinking workshop
Learn about Agile project management and SCRUM
Build your first web pages with HTML and CSS
Learn programming with JavaScript
Learn Python basics for data analysis
Improve your soft skills
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