Today, Cisco participated in U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Electronic Coalition Roundtable in Lusaka, Zambia to fulfill with community and personal sector leaders and examine pathways to advance electronic inclusion and digital connectivity in Africa.

“Deepening U.S.-Africa relations, bridging the digital divide on the continent, and empowering the men and women of Africa with digital skills for the careers of now and the future will have to have the financial investment and determination of the community and private sectors together,” stated Reem Asaad, Cisco’s Vice President of the Center East and Africa.

“At December’s U.S.-Africa Company Forum in Washington, Cisco unveiled its initiative with the Biden administration to educate 3 million individuals in Africa around the upcoming 10 a long time by means of our international IT skills-to-employment system identified as Cisco Networking Academy. The Electronic Coalition Roundtable hosted these days by Vice President Harris was an opportunity for us to have that momentum forward and explore how the electricity of general public-private partnerships can make growth, stimulate task generation, and electrical power a far more inclusive foreseeable future in Africa.”

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