Amazon, Software Engineer, Teaching are the top trending in employer, job and skill categories in South Africa according to Microsoft’s Economic Graph

Amazon, Software Engineer, Teaching are the top trending in employer, job and skill categories in South Africa according to Microsoft’s Economic Graph

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Amazon, Software engineer and Teaching have emerged as the top trending employer, job and skill respectively in South Africa.

This is according to data from Microsoft’s LinkedIn Economic Graph. Which Microsoft believes can help policymakers make informed decisions and chart new paths to economic opportunity.

Multinational technology company Amazon, Webhelp, OUTsurance, Old Mutual and the University of Cape Town make the top five in the top trending employer’s category.

In the top trending jobs category, software engineer, project manager, attorney, financial advisor and sales executive make the top five.

The top trending skills across all industries in South Africa were teaching, financial accounting, financial reporting, project planning and sales management.

Microsoft uses global data of about seven hundred and twenty-two million LinkedIn members, fifty-five million companies and twenty-four million jobs to track workforce trends.

With this data, Microsoft is able to predict future in-demand jobs and skills.

However, the data from the Microsoft LinkedIn economic graph doesn’t mention the specific number from which the South Africa insights were drawn.

The insights are taken from LinkedIn users in Cape Town and Johannesburg and from about ten industries. Such as legal, public administration, education, corporate services, real estate, finance and software and IT services.

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Ekiti State Government partners with Microsoft to train youth

Ekiti State Government partners with Microsoft to train youth

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The youth in Ekiti State, Nigeria, will benefit from a new collaboration between the state government and Microsoft Nigeria.

The partnership will see the youth acquire new digital skills, get certified and become employable.

Ekiti State Government will also invest about two hundred thousand dollars in two thousand participants with free vouchers to earn an industry-recognized Microsoft IT certificate.

The initiative is in tandem with Microsoft’s global skills initiative. Which plans to have about twenty-five million people gain new digital skills worldwide by March 2021.

The government notes the initiative is geared at the unemployed and underemployed. And part of the governor’s actions to mitigate the economic impact of covid-19.

Learners will have the opportunity to skill up in ten learning paths. Microsoft projects these as the in-demand jobs of the future with livable wages.

The government is also working with three local hubs; GoGlobal Hub, Glimpse Solutions and Christore Hub in the initiative. These hubs will confirm competition of the selected course and issue participant with the certification exams voucher.

Here’s what to know to participate in the digital skills program.

Firstly, you’ll need to be a resident of Ekiti State to be eligible to participate in the program.

Secondly, you’ll need to have access to the internet and a device to complete the lessons.

Thirdly, you’ll need to register on the program website. Select a course to study and a hub for post training verification.

Once you have completed all the learning modules, you will download and print the issued certificate of completion. Present this at the hub to get a voucher to pay for the Microsoft certification exams. You will have about two weeks to take the exams.

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900K people across the Middle East and Africa participate in free Microsoft online courses

900K people across the Middle East and Africa participate in free Microsoft online courses

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In the midst of the covid-19 pandemic and people getting laid off, Microsoft announced a global digital skills initiative. Offering free online courses to help people boost their digital skills or gain new relevant skills to be employable.

Three months after the announcement, the company shared about ten million people have enrolled in a course from two hundred and thirty-one countries.

In November 2020, the Microsoft Africa team noted that nine hundred thousand people are from the Middle East and Africa (MEA).

This number doesn’t look like a lot looking at the population of the MEA region. With Microsoft noting connectivity as one of the challenges in the MEA region.

To try and get more people across the region skilled up, Microsoft is partnering with organizations and governments to achieve this. Offering additional funding and services.

In South Africa, Microsoft is pledging one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to Afrika Tikkun. To help further its efforts of recruiting fifty thousand job hunters to take participate in one of the learning paths.

So far, the popular learning paths in the free online courses include software development, customer service and data analysis.

Just seeing this opportunity, click to find out more and take advantage of the free courses from Microsoft.

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Egypt Education Ministry signs agreement with Microsoft to create digital educational environment

Egypt Education Ministry signs agreement with Microsoft to create digital educational environment

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Egypt’s Ministry of Education announces it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Egypt to provide a digital educational environment for students and teachers.

This is part of its efforts to ensure the safety of all educational system members. Whilst ensuring learning continues across the country as the world grapples with the coronavirus crisis.

Twenty million students and one million teachers are set to benefit from the unified platform.

The partnership will see the activation of an E-service for the entire Ministry of Education and Technical Education. It will also equip educators and students with solutions such as Microsoft Office 365.

Microsoft will implement the digital educational environment through its local partners Cairo Codes and BlueCloud.

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Here are the top 10 articles from 2020 most visited on MCGH – www.microsoftcaregh.com based on views and engagements.

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GOODsoil VC invests $940K in Ghana fintech company Zeepay

GOODsoil VC invests $940K in Ghana fintech company Zeepay

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Africa-focused and early-stage venture capital firm GOODsoil VC announces it is investing nine hundred and forty thousand US dollars as seed capital in Ghanaian fintech company Zeepay.

This part of the company’s mission to drive financial inclusion across the African continent.

Firstly, by leading the global surge of investments into Africa’s fintech market. Secondly, by being an example and offering investors a case study of real ROI through their investments.

GOODsoil VC also intents on becoming a catalyst of economic growth for minority founders across Africa. Noting there is a level of disparity in global funding for African startups.

There are clear barriers to entry for tech startups to scale” shares Charmaine Hayden, Managing Partner and Co-founder. “Our vision is to level the playing field” she continues.

Charmaine explains the deal not only highlights the levelling of disparity in global funding for African startups. But also the challenges inherent in various levels of funding.

“Whilst the growth of seed investment in Africa is incontestable, it does not reflect the same volume of exits that is able to attract mass investors to the market.
In order to sustain real growth, we believe there needs to be an increase in trade sales (exits); real tangible successes that can have a light cast on them to increase investors appetite into the continent.”

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Zeepay, used in more than 20 African markets focuses on digital rails to connect digital assets.

Through this investment, Zeepay will continue to scale and roll out its services across the continent. It will also help in Zeepay’s plans to extend its global reach with plans to launch in the UK in 2021.

“We are delighted to have GOODsoil on board,” says Zeepay co-founder and managing director Andrew Takyi-Appiah.

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