Application for the first instalment of The Future of Work Classes (TFWC) 1.0 tagged “Journalism AI, Storytelling and Content” is now open for media practitioners, storytellers and content creators.
The training by Orodata Science and Civic Tech through its learning arm – Orodata Learn, is to address issues and concerns on the rapidly changing nature of work.
It takes into account new occupational data and geographical distribution of jobs at risk, designed ‘The Future of Work Classes’.
“This is a community-focused retraining and reskilling program with the aim of transferring knowledge through talent and skill development, to help facilitate a smooth transition of people from all works of life towards an increasingly automated and digitized future.”
At the end of TFWC 1.0, participants would be well aligned with the knowledge of skills and tools demanded by employers and the optimal utilization of those competences in the workplace.
TFWC classes will cover other verticals such as Big Data, Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cloud-Based Communication, Robotics, Computer Vision and more.
Apply by clicking here.
This program was created by Blaise Aboh, Lead Partner at Orodata Science and Civic Tech.
Aboh is a future tech architect exploring the impact of Automation and Artificial Intelligence for Big Data, Journalism and other verticals.
He has developed several Conversational AI around finance, government and elections in order to demonstrate the immense gains of automation and AI.
He is an Obama Foundation Leader, and currently helping the Mozilla Foundation to Co-design the Mozilla Festival 2019.
Future of Work
As technology progresses rapidly, opportunities to boost productivity and create flexible working conditions that suit workers in all places, fields – from cities to rural areas are born. However, there are huge uncertainties; What kind of jobs will be created? Where? Will automation override existing jobs? What kind of skills will be needed?
Technology we all agree will increase productivity for many jobs, but some groups may be stuck in unemployment, low-wage jobs, non-standard work or excluded totally from the job market. Between 2000 and 2008, of the 73 million jobs created, only 22 per cent were filled by youth. It is estimated that the rate of unemployment among youth will double that of adults in most African countries. Each year, 10 million to 12 million youths, mostly educated, enter the workforce, yet only 3 million formal jobs are created annually according to AfDB.
In Nigeria, the story is the same, according to Tradingeconomics, the unemployment rate increased to 23.10 per cent in the third quarter of 2018 from 22.70 per cent in the second quarter of 2018. This can be attributed to the fact that many youths are ill-prepared to fill the new openings because they often do not have the skills required by employers due either to the poor quality of their education or to specialization in subject areas other than those that employers demand.
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