No digital strategy succeeds without people — skilled, agile, and future-ready.
Building Capacity for the Digital Economy is a high-impact course designed to help African governments, NGOs, enterprises, and development institutions build the talent pipelines and organizational capabilities they need to thrive in a digital-first world.

From national upskilling plans to in-house digital squads, this course shows you how to turn digital vision into team capacity — across leadership, operations, and delivery.

What You’ll Learn:

• Digital Economy Skills Landscape: Understand the essential skills for digital government, e-commerce, AI, cloud, data, and more

• Institutional Capacity Models: Learn how to assess and build team readiness for tech-driven mandates

• Building Digital Teams: Hiring, upskilling, cross-functional teams, and hybrid talent models

• Leadership & Culture: Cultivating digital mindset, agility, and innovation at all levels

• Toolkits & Platforms: Leverage online learning, micro-credentials, and open education resources

• Case Studies: Explore successful national digital skills strategies and organizational capacity programs in Africa and globally

Who Should Enroll?

• Public sector HR and digital transformation leads

• NGO and donor project managers

• Private sector training and L&D teams

• National skills development bodies

• Anyone responsible for workforce transformation or institutional change

Course Format:

• 7 Modular Video Lessons

• Downloadable Skills Strategy Templates & Team Assessment Tools

• Regional and Global Best Practice Showcases

• Certificate of Completion

Outcomes:

• Design a national or institutional digital capacity roadmap
• Build teams that can plan, implement, and manage digital initiatives
• Align digital talent strategies with national digital economy goals
• Integrate digital upskilling into project, HR, and funding frameworks

Africa’s digital leap needs human power. Be the one to build it.
→ Enroll now on SumoConnect Africa