Providing unprecedented access to opportunities with Microsoft

The Deviare and Microsoft partnership is about much more than just skills development. It is about stemming the tide of youth unemployment by providing unprecedented access to new opportunities in the digital opportunity. Our primary focus is on preparing young South Africans with the digital growth skills they will need to compete and contribute to our economy and beyond in the next years.

Many of our beneficiaries secure employment as data analysts, cloud administrators, software developers and cyber security engineers while a few have been courageous enough to start their own businesses. Access to international technical accreditations, combined with customised soft skills forms the foundation of our efforts to empower young South Africans. Moreover, our Virtual Global Apprenticeship provides accredited candidates with international work experience aligned to their area of training. This has been revolutionary in building confidence and ensuring the outcomes of our programmes are valuable to candidates and employers alike.

Young South Africans must learn digital skills that will allow them to compete on a global scale. Taking advantage of the worldwide need for digital skills is the greatest long-term strategy for providing meaningful job prospects for young South Africans, according to the World Economic Forum. With Deviare's relationship with Microsoft, we hope to motivate people to take action and innovate in order to build scalable and sustainable capacity for our digital economy.

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