Siemens creates opportunities for digitalisation skills development across Africa

November 7, 2017 • Education, Southern Africa, Top Stories

Siemens creates opportunities for digitalisation skills development across Africa

Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa.

Global technology company, Siemens has announced a handover of equipment related to industrial automation that aims to enable integrated engineering to 13 engineering faculties at universities and colleges in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya. The value of the equipment is close to R5.5 million.

The company is also donating a selection of its SIMATIC software and input/output modules – worth nearly R1.3 million – to Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in South Africa.

“The uneven development of the past can only be overcome with locally engineered solutions,” says Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa. “In an African context, disruptive technology can be seen as an opportunity to leapfrog into the best and most advanced technologies, but this is only possible with access to the right training and equipment.”

Siemens will continue its commitment to Africa and offer long-term support to beneficiaries by ensuring that students are able to train on the most advanced technology available. This will ensure graduates, and therefore the emerging workforce, have the skills necessary to effectively lead large-scale digitalisation across the continent, resulting in long-term benefits to economic growth.

Dall’Omo says, “Convergence of man and machine intelligence will enable a new era of speed, flexibility, efficiency and connectivity in the 21st century. The conversation about man vs machine is not an either-or scenario. Ongoing education and training has a positive effect for both business and society. A strong pipeline of talent with the relevant skills and knowledge is beneficial to governments and businesses, while young people advance into jobs and careers with increased economic opportunity if they have the right skills.”

Edited by Fundisiwe Maseko
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