01Talent Africa and Atos launch their first Collective Intelligence
Zone to reveal the digital talent of tomorrow in Senegal
Press release
01Talent Africa and Atos launch their
first Collective Intelligence Zone to revealthe
digital talent of tomorrow in Senegal
Dakar (Senegal) – July
4, 2022 - 01Talent Africa, in partnership
with Atos, launches its very first Zone01 in
Africa. It is being set up in Dakar, Senegal, and will offer a
brand-new kind of digital training to as many people as possible.
This new collective intelligence center will welcome several
hundred young talent from Senegal in the Atos offices in Cité Keur
Gorgui in Dakar.
This initiative is part of a strategic
partnership that aims to accelerate the digital transformation in
Africa, by enabling the massification of world-class digital skills
through an innovative and inclusive training of excellence on the
continent.
Photo: From left to right: Nour
Acogny, Project manager trainee, Atos; Aïssatou Camara, Project
manager, Atos; Mour Seck, General Manager, Atos Sénégal; Bérénice
Chassagne, Head of Growing Markets, Atos; Alpha Barry, Head of Atos
in Africa; Marjolaine Blanc, Project Director, 01Talent Africa;
Momadou Ndoye, Head of Operations for Western and Central Africa,
Atos.
01 Talent Africa and Atos commit to
creating the collective force that will accelerate
Africa's digital transformation
To reduce the digital divide while anchoring
African local authorities and actors across the continent in the
digital world, 01Talent Africa and Atos are relying on the power of
peer-to-peer digital education and the extraordinary potential of
African youth.
Zone01 Dakar, the guarantee of a digital
transformation of Senegalese territories and
businesses
With the growing global shortage of qualified
skills in digital professions, the launch of this first Zone01 in
Dakar, within Atos' premises, responds to one of the main
challenges of the digitalization of Senegalese territories and
businesses: access to new agile, autonomous, and collaborative
talent.
Zone01 Dakar will open this
autumn and the first cohort will begin its
training before the end of the year
The inauguration is scheduled for September 2022
at Atos' premises in Cité Keur Gorgui in Dakar. An ambitious talent
identification campaign will start in June. Candidates wishing to
take the online selection tests can register on the Zone01 Dakar
website. They must be at least 18 years old to register. If they
are selected, they will be able to participate in one of the three
"pools" scheduled early September, early October and early
November. The "pool" is the final step in the selection process.
During this stage, candidates will be immersed for 4 weeks into
01Edu pedagogy, which is based on peer-to-peer learning and group
project solving, without any class or teacher.
The first cohort will begin its training before
the end of the year. It will welcome about 120 future talents who
will be equipped with laptops. This first Zone01 will serve as a
basis for the deployment of the training offer which aims at
creating more than 200 Zone01 on the African continent.
"With an average age of 19, Africa is
the youngest continent in the world and will represent 40% of the
world's population by the end of the century. By working with
01Talent in Africa, we are giving these young people the
opportunity to unleash their creative potential to contribute to
the innovation and digital transformation of the continent," said
Alpha Barry, Head of Atos in Africa.
"We are very pleased to materialize this
partnership with Atos with the opening of this first Zone01 in
Senegal. This strategic initiative confirms the commitment of
01Talent and Atos to the creation of an African technology
ecosystem strengthened by the training of world-class talent,
essential to the accomplishment of the continent's digital
transition. This is a huge opportunity to create jobs for young
people and value for local businesses. Everyone becomes an actor of
change," said Karim Sy, Strategic
Director of 01Talent Africa.
After Dakar, Atos and 01Talent will develop
their partnership with the opening of new Zone01 on the African
continent, notably in Egypt, Morocco and Mauritania.
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About AtosAtos is a global
leader in digital transformation with 111,000 employees and annual
revenue of c. € 11 billion. European number one in cybersecurity,
cloud and high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored
end-to-end solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer
in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE
(Societas Europaea), listed on Euronext Paris and included in the
CAC 40 ESG and Next 20 Paris Stock indexes.The purpose of Atos is
to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise
and services support the development of knowledge, education and
research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the
development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the
world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members
of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a
safe and secure information space.
Press contact:Laura Fau |
laura.fau@atos.net | +33 6 73 64 04 18 | @laurajanefau
About 01Talent Africa
01Talent Africa is the pan-African talent agency
of 01Talent International group, which aims to identify, develop
and connect to the professional world 1 million high-level
developers in the world by 2035 through the combination of a proven
educational model and a sustainable and exponential economic
model.
01 Talent Africa and its partner UCLG Africa are
convinced that there is a large number of digital talents in
African populations who are just waiting to be revealed and
supported to express their potential.
01Talent Africa is based on 01Edu, the ultimate
upgrade of the "peer-to-peer" (teacherless) and gamified
pedagogical approach developed by Nicolas Sadirac and his team, a
learning platform intended to respond to the growing shortage of IT
developers in the world.
This educational model which develops
entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and collective intelligence has
already been deployed by our co-founder Nicolas Sadirac and his
Alumni in more than 40 countries around the world, training more
than 25,000 digital talent over the last 10 years. More info on
https://01talent.com
Note: "01Talent" is pronounced "Zero one talent"
and not "One talent".
About Zone01 Dakar
Zone01 Dakar offers a disruptive digital
training, entirely free and open to all without any grade
requirement. Zone01 addresses candidates of all ages and all
backgrounds. A center of collective intelligence, which trains in
18 months plus 12 months in apprenticeship a new generation of
African talent to Digital professions and guarantees a job at the
end of the course. Its innovative pedagogy, with no classes or
teachers. Open 24/7
http://www.zone01dakar.sn/
Press contact:
Marjolaine Blanc | marjolaine@01talent.com |
+221 77 509 71 88
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