Over the past few years, the number of digital solutions developed in Africa has grown significantly. With the ongoing digital transformation, it is poised to rise further but, there is still an urgent need to train the youth to accelerate productive transformation and end unemployment. 

Last Wednesday, the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Competencies (ANAPEC) and Orange Morocco signed a framework agreement to train young people in digital professions. 

The agreement aims to ensure that 1,000 young Moroccans and legal migrants are trained and supervised at Orange Digital Centers and ANAPEC’s  MoukawiLab in the framework of a technical and professional support program. The training will take into account the labor demand and entrepreneurial potentials.  

According to Minister of Economic Inclusion Younes Sekkouri, it is a promising project that aims to support thousands of young people -graduates and non-graduates alike as well as young persons neither in education nor employment or training- by providing them with intensive training and tailored support to create their businesses and develop their ideas.

In March, Orange opened its 10th African Digital Center in Rabat to boost innovation in Morocco. During the inauguration, it committed to promoting youth employment and entrepreneurship by democratizing access to technologies in the country. 

The newly signed agreement lines up with that commitment. It covers the implementation of dedicated programs under the "Orange fiber school" which trains qualified technicians and sales representatives and develops valuable fiber optic technician skills.

The agreement will also allow the two institutions to co-organize roadshows to raise awareness of the training and entrepreneurship opportunities offered by the program and encourage participation in each of the targeted regions. 

Samira Njoya