Jack Ma CEO of Alibaba Announces 4 Key Projects To Support African Youths

TechTrends.Africa IconByKenneth Omeruo Hours On Categories News/Articles
Alibaba

Jack Ma the  CEO/Founder  of Alibaba Announces 4 Projects To Support African Youths Youth connekt summit in Kigali, Rwanda.

The billionaire arrived with a delegation aboard three planes that landed at Kigali international airport to attend the summit also attended by Rwanda President Paul Kagame.

Under project number one – Jack Ma has invited 200 African young entrepreneurs to work at Alibaba headquarters with the aim of gaining experience in fields including; e-commerce, Artificial intelligence and Internet.

“They will come back to Africa to develop their business and help others grow their businesses,” Jack said.

The Second Project – the Chinese billionaire said Alibaba will work with Universities in Africa and governments to train specific courses including; Internet, Artificial intelligence, and e-commerce.

Jack Ma announced a third Project which he said is in partnership between Alibaba and Paradise Foundation of china – this project will deal with promoting and supporting Environmental conservation efforts in Africa especially protecting elephants and other precious animals.

Read the details here: http://ktpress.rw/2017/07/alibaba-ceo-jack-ma-announces-4-big-projects-at-youth-connekt-summit/

 

 

ALSO READ  AWS Unveils 2nd African Office in Lagos, Nigeria
TechTrends.Africa Icon

Omeruo Ndukaku Kenneth is an Innovation Management expert,the CEO of Emerging Media,a new media company.He is a member of ISPIM - International Society for Professional Innovation Management and the US-Africa chamber of Commerce.He is the Founder of TechTrends Nigeria Blog,Nigeria Innovation Summit and the African Innovation Academy.Kenneth is a highly sought-after Internet Marketing Consultant who has through his seminars, articles, training and consulting, helped many organizations, Individuals, Businesses maximize the Internet for business purposes.Kenneth has also being featured as a guest on the TV show TODAY ON STV Nigeria and on Bloomberg Africa TV.He is the author of the best –selling Internet Book: How To Create Unlimited Internet Wealth.

He is a syndicated columnist with the following Newspapers in Nigeria: Daily Independent, Financial Standard, PUNCH, BusinessDay, and Sun.Kenneth organises the EduNet Conference for Universities in Nigeria. Kenneth is a member of Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria( ISPON ) Roundtable For Capacity Development in Nigeria,member pre-selection committee for Nigeria at the UN World Summit Awards,a Panelist for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria(YouWIN)-a Federal government initiative created by the ministry of finance,supported by ministries of Communications Technology,Youth Development,Worldbank and DFID.

A 2013 Judge at the Google Cloud Developers Challenge for Sub Saharan Africa.He has been a contributing editor of Nigeria Communications Week,Africa Telecom and IT Business Magazine,ICT Today magazine,M2 magazine.Kenneth has been invited to the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Forum, Oracle Open World Conference USA, Oracle Cloud World Dubai, and GITEX Dubai.

He now lives in New York with his family and presently working on an Open Innovation project for Nigeria.
You can contact Kenneth through email: [email protected]

Similar Posts

Africa Game
|

Gamers in Africa are aiming for global inclusion, everyone’s paying attention

ByTechTrends

The growth trajectory of an average African child is usually linear. Take Zuga, an ambitious young man who grew up in the interiors of East Africa with an adventurous mind and a love for gaming. His closest encounter with mobile games would be listening attentively to country folk discuss medieval adventures and combat series while…

WHO Innovation Challenge to formally announce 30 finalists at the Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde
|

WHO Innovation Challenge to formally announce 30 finalists at the Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde

ByTechTrends

The top 30 health-oriented innovations selected from a field of more than 2 400 entries to the first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge will be formally recognised on the opening day of the second WHO Africa Health Forum in Praia, Cabo Verde, on 26 March 2019. The WHO Innovation Challenge received a total of 2 471 applications…

Sophos
|

Most Educational Organizations Paid More Than the Original Ransom Demand, Says Sophos Survey

ByTechTrends

Education Sector’s Ransomware Recovery Costs Skyrocket, Despite Fewer Attacks Overall Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today released findings from its annual sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2024.” According to the report, the median ransom payment was $6.6 million for lower education and $4.4 million for…

SIMA 2017 Provides Unique Access to African Markets in AgriBusiness
|

SIMA 2017 Provides Unique Access to African Markets in AgriBusiness

ByKenneth Omeruo

SIMA, the Paris International Agri-Business Show, will take place from 26 February to 2 March 2017 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre (France). This major international trade show will take a look at what farming professions will be like in 10 years’ time through the eyes of manufacturers and start-up companies – and their innovations…

Meta

Meta Plans to Commence Large-scale Layoffs This Week are Underway

ByTechTrends

According to a recent Wall Street Journal story, Meta, the parent corporation that owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, is anticipated to begin major layoffs as soon as this week. Although the precise number of the approximately 87,000 people at Meta who will lose their employment is unknown, the current report states that it will be…

methanol fuel technology

The Nigerian Federal Govt to Provide 40 Million Jobs via the Methanol Fuel Technology Program

ByTechTrends

According to the federal government, its methanol fuel technology program will give Nigerians over 40 million new job possibilities in the next two years. The government’s methanol economy revolution, according to Chief Uche Nnaji, Minister of Science, Innovation, and Technology, who made this announcement in Abuja over the weekend, will harness the enormous potential of…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *