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Wambui Kinya – Top 10 Hot Tech Roles on the Rise in Africa

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Wambui Kinya, VP, Success at Andela is going to host a session at this year’s Women in Tech conference to be held in Cape Town. Her session entitled, ‘Top 10 Hot Tech Roles on the Rise in Africa’ will commence at 12:25 PM on the 18th March 2019 as part of the Sustaining Africa’s Next-Gen Workplace & Talent series.

Her session will highlight how it is more important than ever to define the skill sets needed to survive and thrive in a digital Africa. This session will present the hottest tech-roles right now and what you need to do in order to get there. What jobs will be disrupted in this drive to digital and which roles will be susceptible to automation? Come to this session to uncover the specific roles and skillsets you need to know in order to stay relevant.
Expected key takeaways from this session include:
  • Defining the most in-demand roles, skills and job titles in tech in 2019 and the forces shaping it.
  • Understanding how digital and emerging technologies are changing the future of work.
  • Learning about approaches for companies and institutions to find the right talent and retain it.
  • Gaining strategies for businesses to redeploy and up-skill their current employees.
  • Identifying the roadmap to future-proof your skillset so that advancements in AI and robotics won’t threaten your employment opportunities.

Women in Technology Africa 2019, taking place in Cape Town, is part of the world’s biggest Women in Tech conference series. This groundbreaking conference enables people and organisations to connect, learn and take action on gender diversity and inclusion in the world’s fastest growing industry.

Through inspirational keynotes, deep insight into tech trends and business strategy, technical classes, and career development workshops, this conference provides all the content and networking opportunities needed to flourish in the tech sector.

The African continent is one of the highest growth geographies in the world and boasts a booming tech sector, a viable market, rich with entrepreneurship and innovation. Tech is shaping the future, and enabling Africa to leapfrog development challenges; be part of the community, join us making an impact on the gender gap and supercharge your career at Women in Technology Africa 2019.

To book for this event, visit the Women in Tech page.

Wambui Kinya, VP, Success at Andela is going to host a session at this year's Women in Tech conference to be held in Cape Town. Her session entitled, 'Top 10 Hot Tech Roles on the Rise in Africa' will commence at 12:25 PM on the 18th March 2019 as part of the…
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Edzai Conilias Zvobwo is passionate about empowering Africans through mathematics, problem-solving techniques and media. As such, he founded MathsGee. Through this organisation, he has helped create an ecosystem for disseminating information, training, and supporting STEM education to all African people. A maths evangelist who teaches mathematical thinking as a life skill, Edzai’s quest has seen him being named the SABC Ambassador for STEM; he has been invited to address Fortune 500 C-suite executives at the Mobile 360 North America; was nominated to represent Southern Africa at the inaugural United Nations Youth Skills Day in New York; was invited to be a contributor to the World Bank Group Youth Summit in 2016; has won the 2014 SADC Protocol on Gender and Development award for his contribution to women’s empowerment in education; and has partnered with local and global firms in STEM interventions.

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