UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) announced that it is working with IBM to address the digital skills gap by delivering digital learning to youth and women, as part of UNCDF’s Digital Futures initiative. IBM will support the implementation of Digital Futures through the IBM SkillsBuild initiative to offer digital and workforce skills training for students and job seekers.
The Digital Futures initiative will endeavor to deliver advanced digital and 21st century workforce skills in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Digital Futures is designed to mobilize an international digital and workforce skills partnership ecosystem to deliver digital skills training, consisting of public and private sector organizations as well as educational institutions and donors. The initiative will focus on delivering digital training to youth, women and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) students with a specific geographic emphasis on least developed countries (LDCs). Digital Futures will aim to train 50,000 youth, women and TVET students.
UNCDF collaborates with IBM on Digital Futures
Heineken introduces malt-based energy drink
The brewery giant Heineken Ethiopia officially introduced its latest product, a non-alcoholic Energy drink “BERTAT” to the Ethiopian Market. at a colorful ceremony attended by Hubert Eze, Managing Director of Heineken and other invited guests, the new nonalcoholic Energy drink was unveiled.
With the growing consumer demand for healthier products Heineken Ethiopia brings its malt based non-alcoholic energy drink Bertat, the first Energy Drink Proposition in a returnable glass bottle for the local market. As the nutrients can be quickly absorbed and processed by the body, malt beverages make for an ideal source of energy for individuals performing any mental or physical activity, they can serve as a quick energy boost or recovery drink.
BERTAT delivers instant energy as a regular energy drink while providing the goodness of malt as well as nutritional benefits of vitamin B6 & B12 as an additional advantage. In addition, BERTAT will solves the barrier of energy drinks tasting artificial with its natural malt base while being refreshing with its accessible fruity flavor.
Huawei’s first regional job fair provides recruitment opportunities
Huawei Ethiopia hosts its first regional job fair in Hawassa and Haromaya cities on June 21 and 22 respectively. Mind Solutions PLC (IMS), Ethiojobs.net, and Dereja.com, as well as Hawassa and Haromaya Universities, are collaborating on the job fair.
Huawei Ethiopia has organized a number of job fairs to promote opportunities to graduate students. For example, on May 9 and 10, 2022, the company held its second annual hand shaking forum in the Capital in collaboration with Addis Ababa University.
In addition, the company is holding its first-ever regional job fairs in Hawassa and Haromaya, with the goal of providing job opportunities to local residents. Huawei is encouraging new graduates from all over Ethiopia to apply internships and jobs at the company. It also offers a specific internship program that allows fresh graduates to participate in a three-month internship at its Ethiopian headquarters to indorse access and recruitment opportunities. This year’s goal is to provide internship opportunities for more than 300 interns, and more than 90% of that goal has already been met.
Ethiopia- Norway collaboration on health and higher education
The annual conference on Ethiopia-Norway collaboration in Health and Higher Education for Development that aims to support and celebrate ongoing partnership and collaborations within health and higher education and was held in Addis Ababa.
Attended by nearly 150 delegates, the 5th annual Conference hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa with the theme “Harnessing Strategies during and after a Pandemic; implications, and opportunities for Partnerships”, was focused on the key areas of Ethics in Public Health Care, Gender in public health, Trauma Care, Non-Communicable Diseases, and Communicable Diseases.
The event also celebrates several decades of Ethiopian-Norwegian partnership in health and higher education while also creating a medium for key stakeholders and partners for exchange and learning.
Successful conferences in the past have proven the importance of the organization of a regular meeting platform for interaction and experience sharing between stakeholders. This is where new areas of cooperation, synergies, and efficiencies are established.
In her opening remark Merete Lundemo, Ambassador of Norway to Ethiopia, while expressing the commitment of her government to its partnership with Ethiopia in the health and higher education sectors stated that “the Conference contributes to the harnessing of the ongoing partnerships by providing a platform for networking and exchange.
