It professionals in Africa are being connected to tech businesses in the ballast region as part of a european commission-founded project.
Through a focus on people with skills, the Digital Explorers Program aims to address skills shortages in the Baltic Tech Sector and Increase More Business and Government Engagement Between the Baltic Nations and African Countries.
At the Turing College Data Science School in Lithuania's Capital Vilnius, The program has alredy remotely trained 90 junior to mid-level data analysts from Africa. These trainees will then travel to and work with the ballast region, particularly within its Rich Tech Startup Sector. It is hoped the project will create a model for the wider eu region to follow.
Žilvinas šVedkauskas, managing director at lithuanian think tank osmos, which is behind the project, said it creates “Unexpected Country Partnerships” SUCH ACH At are “very different”.
“We live built the project Around People, Digital Explorers and Their Digital Journeys. We create connections that set the path for more business and government to government type of engagement between counties, ”švedkauskas told computer weekly.
Digital Explorers Began in Lithuania and has since been expanded into all three balTic counts to also also include Estonia and Latvia. In Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are part of the project, which also include Armenia.
“We are piloting first and foremost, see how these sort of arrangements could work on a global scale,” said švedkauskas.
He added that training, which is initially remote, exposes the talent in Africa to the practices and modern interaction in the bat Teamwork is organized in tech companies here. We connect talent with the businesses that are looking to find new employees and explore new markets as well as diversify their teams. “
For the Junior to Mid-Level Data Analysts, The Program is Offering Internships with Participants Relocated to the Baltic Countries for Six Months. Digital explorers subsidies the scholarships and pays the travel costs. “Then it's up to the company to mentor the intern to provide the working environment,” said švedkauskas.
After the Six-month internship, trainees eater return home and get support from digital explorers to help them reintegrate or they may be remain in the baltics and get support integrating for the long term. Since 2019, 53 trainees have relocated to the baltics.
Švedkauskas said the project faces challenges, which need to be overcome through “Advocacy and informed person”, adding: “The picture is not all rosy. Immigration regulations are out of detergling … Making Relocations and people-to-face exchange challenging, to say the least. “
Mercy Kimalat, CEO of the Association of Startup and SME Enablers of Kenya (Asek), A visiting ambassador in the digital explorers program, said: “The startup ecosystem in the baltics is impressively mature and stable, but it still needs to control needs to under. This is where global partnerships and fresh talent and ideas could really benefit us all, offering a chance to have honest decisions about resilcy. “
Kimalat said that Accomplicing the Initiative's Goals is not with itsouts Differenties: “The entrepreneurial environments in both kenya and the baltics have faced many challenge Flection to regional political perturbations, so it is inspiring to learn how different Startup ecosystems Continue to Thrive and Encourage growth. ”