SPONSORED | Courses on coding, programming, artificial intelligence and the internet of things will be offered to WSU students through the SamsungSA Innovation Campus programme.
Samsung Innovation Campus programme aims to produce the future leaders of the fourth industrial revolutionThobekani Lose, Lenhle Khoza and Mzolisi Payi of Walter Sisulu University.Courses on coding, programming, artificial intelligence and the internet of things will empower university students to develop skills that'll enable them to be future leaders in the fourth industrial revolution, says Lenhle Khoza, Samsung SA's transformation manager.
Along with equipping students with in-demand technology skills and core future technology capabilities, the programme focuses on the development of soft skills and job preparation. It's reported to show signs of growth, recording R243.6bn in revenue in 2021, up from R243bn in 2020, according to the 2022 State of the ICT Sector in SA report.in the first quarter of 2022, the unemployment rate was 63.9% for those aged 15-24, and 42.1% for those aged 25-34 years.
“We need to have more engagement and ideas for the rural demographic of the Eastern Cape province. We need to train and develop our students to ready them for the tech-savvy trajectory the world has taken after the Covid-19 pandemic. Our students need to compete on par with [those from] other SA universities,” says Lose.
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