The Impact Of Industry Partnerships
To build a stable and prosperous future for Africa, it is crucial that education focuses on employability for the lifetime success of the learners.
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To build a stable and prosperous future for Africa, it is crucial that education focuses on employability for the lifetime success of the learners.
Passionate about the importance of giving our students real-world experiences in order to help them to thrive in the world of work, Honoris institutions across the continent are working to develop strong industry partnerships to increase job placements.
Doctor Umar Adam Ibrahim, Software Engineering Lecturer at Natural and Applied Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria. Nile University of Nigeria boasts a diverse range of AI projects and research, spearheaded by Dr. Umar Adam Ibrahim, along with his esteemed colleagues.
The launch of ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot released by OpenAI at the end of last year, and the more recent resigning of Geoffrey Hinton, one of the founders of Google, has brought AI and its pros and pitfalls into the global conversation.
By 2100, nearly half of the world’s population below the age of 24 will be Africans, giving the continent the opportunity to be the future of the world’s digital workforce.
What sets Honoris institutions apart from other universities is our strong emphasis on employability to ensure that all our 71,000 students including the 23,000 we graduated this year, are well prepared for the labour market and the future of work.
With over 800 employer partnerships in place across our institutions, we are working to transform African higher education by turning challenges into new sources of value and developing a sustainable competitive advantage across the continent.
What sets Honoris institutions apart from other universities is our strong emphasis on employability to ensure that all our 71,000 students including the 23,000 we graduated this year, are well prepared for the labour market and the future of work.
Each year, we define our employability priorities in line with labour market trends to improve student and alumni employability and best prepare our graduates to take on the jobs of tomorrow.
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