ITWeb TV: BCX, Alibaba Academy create cloud workforce

Hope Lukoto, chief human resources officer at BCX, unpacks South Africa’s chronic ICT skills shortage and how the BCX-Alibaba partnership seeks to help create a pipeline of skills for local firms. #itwebtv #bcx #recruitmentcourses among South African students, executives and professionals, with plans to train hundreds more over the next year.

During an interview with ITWeb TV, Hope Lukoto, chief human resources officer at BCX, noted the BCX-Alibaba partnership seeks to help create a pipeline of skills for local firms of all sizes. The collaboration saw Wits become the first local university to adopt the Alibaba Cloud Academic Empowerment Programme for third-year students in the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.

“With the global market being open to everyone, in light of remote working, software developers − for instance − can work for anyone anywhere wherever they are, so it has become even more difficult to source those skills.”

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