Digify Foundation / Digify Africa PTY

About

Digify Africa’s core mission is to provide pathways for young people to build their own livelihoods through in-demand digital skills and create accessible learning and earning opportunities across Africa.

Founding year: 2011

Countries: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria 

Themes: Youth Workforce Development, Digital Skills and Literacy, Innovation and EdTech 

 

Key Highlights

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Digify has built the DigiBot, a conversational microlearning platform which functions as a fully-fledged learning management system within WhatsApp. This allows access to learning for those with limited access to data and devices, and has had enormous traction in the last 2 years (over 700,000 learners as of March 2024).

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In terms of pathways into work, Digify has focused on ‘skills of the near future’ which are more easily accessible and monetizable than many ‘tech skills’: these include digital marketing, social media marketing, and related fields, where even a tertiary degree may not be necessary to build a successful career.

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Digify’s flagship entre to employment programme, Digify Pro, is now delivered via a blended, three-level model, with a web-based learning experience platform at the heart, supported by virtual / real world seminars, peer learning sessions and tutorials.