Boosting Career Readiness Of Ghanaian Youth In ICT

Research suggests that by 2030, 50 percent of all jobs and 75-80 percent of the formal sector jobs in Ghana will require essential digital skills as a prerequisite.

To bridge this gap, Huawei, as a world-leading ICT company and a long-time partner of the Ghanaian Government, is committed to improving the digital skills capacity of more Ghanaians by introducing the ‘LEAP digital talent program - which promotes the 'Leadership', 'Employability’, 'Advancement', and 'Possibilities' of people by equipping them with sufficient digital skills.

In addition to providing world-class training lessons and certificates to policymakers, young graduates and ICT professionals while improving the digital literacy skills of the public, Huawei is also dedicated to enhancing the hands-on experience of the program’s beneficiaries.  It is against this backbone that we established the Ghana ICT Talent Development Centre (GITDeC) in Ghana, to boost the career readiness of the youth interested in joining the ICT industry and equip them with hands-on experience in the real-world environment.

The Ghana ICT Talent Development Centre has been set up to offer training in the field of telecommunications equipment installation, standardized quality control, EHS (Environmental, Health, and Safety) compliance, and the use of digital delivery platforms.

We also see the launch of the Ghana ICT Talent Development Centre as a clarion call for more collaborations.

The goals of ICT talent development and adequate digital skills provision cannot be achieved by an individual.

We firmly believe that, with a strong supply of digital talent and an extensive collaboration among stakeholders, the full bloom of Ghana’s digital future would be within reach.