Africa Code Week recently took place at ICT Worx in Sandton with more than 100 SAP Skills for African students and partners.
The digital skills development initiatives worked in collaboration to unlock the continent’s future. The event took place across 30 African countries in October and the aim is to simplify the face of software coding for the youth in Africa. Students, partners and media guests were introduced to developing a website as part of the youth initiative.
The inaugural event took place last year and saw more than 89 000 youngsters, across 17 countries, introduced to software coding within 10 days.
The event provided attendees with a basic understanding of web technologies such as HTM, CSS, Javascript, PHP and SQL.
Lawrence Kandaswami, managing director for SAP South Africa said, “The SAP Skills for Africa initiative continues to grow in popularity and numbers. This year, the Johannesburg chapter, in partnership with brands such as EOH, Accenture, Eskom, Zimele Technologies, T-Systems, Britehouse, Bosch, Clariba Solutions, Cosnet, Cornastone and MICT Seta, represents the biggest graduate intake with 100 graduates,” he said.
Kandaswami said they are proud to see students and partners actively involved in this initiative.
Alicia Lenze, head of global corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate affairs for SAP said, “This week’s collaboration was a special occasion that showcased how SAP’s skills development initiatives continue to give back. Our Skills for Africa students can now share their knowledge and training with others in Africa Code Week, and that is exactly what we strive to accomplish, to empower today’s youth to become innovators of the future, and in turn, giving back, every step of the way,” he concluded.
Africa Code Week provides students between ages of eight and 17 with coding basics, such as programming their own animations, quizzes and games.
The older students, aged 18 to 24 are introduced to web technologies.
Details: ww.africacodeweek.org or follow SAP @sapafrica
