They make people fit for the future. As part of a development partnership between GIZ and the French telecommunications company Orange, modern digital centres are being set up in a total of 14 countries. The Orange Digital Centers increase employment opportunities for young people and are open to schoolchildren, trainees and students. They can all benefit from a wide range of activities such as training, coaching, mentoring talks and challenges and thus gain additional qualifications in digital skills. The project specifically involves local universities, employers, and other interesting stakeholders.
Another focus is on getting more women interested in the IT
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BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
BMZ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
In our Orange Digital Centers, we not only provide youngsters, girls and boys with ICT
training sessions but we also support them in building their capacities, with a focus on soft skills training. Our Centers, free and open to all, prepare young people to give their best in front of potential recruiters or investors. The ecosystem we built is also start-up friendly, offering major opportunities to access national and international markets. We joined forces with GIZ since we believe in the high potential of youth in the MEAICT Information and communications technology
region and that together we can achieve great results!MEA Middle East and Africa

‘Orange Digital Center’ Orange Middle East and Africa
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Practice-oriented programming schools
In addition to technical equipment, the centres offer a wide range of digital learning content. Intensive training courses and internships with a total of 2,160 participants have already been held at the first locations, including courses on programming languages, artificial intelligence, web design and data science. Additional courses on artificial intelligence, soft skills and management skills have already been initiated; they also pursue the goal of giving more young women the qualifications they need to work in the IT
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Far-reaching support
The Orange Digital Centers are being established in no fewer than 14 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Jordan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tunisia. The centres are based on four pillars: coding schools, manufacturing workshops equipped with programmable hardware for developing prototypes, an accelerator programme for start-ups and an investment fund to support the start-ups further.
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