Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 32 | Page 47

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// many partnerships, programs and initiatives already in place to help develop digital and entrepreneurial skills among young people. Whether it’s training SMBs through digital boot camps, helping interested youths to acquire digital marketing skills and placing them in employment, training women in leveraging digital solutions to grow their business, or bringing together 52,000 www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: SKILLS & TRAINING developers from across 17 countries through our Developer Circles programme, we are excited to play a part in supporting the next generation of start-up founders, investors, developers and change makers. As one of my favourite African proverbs says “For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today”, and we look forward to that tomorrow in the years to come. n Ime Archibong, Vice President, Product Partnerships at Facebook INTELLIGENTCIO 47