Advanced IT training and employment in Africa

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AmaliTech gGmbH offers employment pathways in the ICT sector to young graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Individuals have the opportunity to participate in a free, three to six months training programme, covering both hard and soft skills required to be successful in the ICT sector. After successful completion, trainees are offered jobs in one of AmaliTech’s service centres, where we connect them to European clients to provide high-quality digital services in software engineering, data science and other specializations. The programme aims to offer training to over 3,000 individuals and create at least 1,000 jobs in Ghana and Rwanda by 2025.

This commitment is part of:

Digital Skills for Decent Jobs for Youth

Entity

AmaliTech gGmbH Youth organization, civil society, non-governmental, non-profit organization

Technical assistance, expertise and implementation; Financial and/or in-kind contribution

Partners

  • nexum AG

    Private sector

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation

Sustainable Development Goals & targets

  • 4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university
  • 4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
  • 4.5 By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations
  • 5.5 Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
  • 8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
  • 8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
  • 8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Achievement At Glance

In 2022, AmaliTech re-designed its training approach to a self-paced hybrid model, including an on-site capstone project, with regular instructor support and a feedback loop on an individual level. By this, also those young people can be included who would otherwise not be able to participate in any training program due to employment commitment or other financial constraints. For those who lack the infrastructure to access online training, AmaliTech offers free access to the infrastructure of its various training campuses in Ghana and Rwanda. 

Since the start of AmaliTech’s activities in 2019, the cumulative number of young people trained or currently in training amounts to around 1000 people in Ghana and Rwanda. In addition, we created about 200 direct jobs.

Evidence from our in-house impact evaluation studies show that one year after completion AmaliTech’s former trainees earn 80% more than applicants who did not participate in the AmaliTech Graduate Training Program. Relative to similarly aged university graduates in Ghana overall, trainee salaries were more than two times higher. Besides, 79% of the former trainees interviewed have permanent jobs  (i.e. more than a one-year contract with more than 20 hours per week).

Key Highlight On Guiding Principle

AmaliTech's training design aims to empower the trainees with digital skills that are in demand in the market. To cater to a broader range of applicants and give an opportunity to everyone who is motivated and aspires to build a career in IT, AmaliTech’s training is of variable length, hybrid and self-paced with regular instructor support. This helps to include the people who would otherwise be unable to participate in any training program due to employment commitment or other financial constraints. 

AmaliTech is highly committed to bringing more women into IT. To do so, AmaliTech continuously adapts its recruiting processes, and organizes awareness campaigns and coding bootcamps for females ranging from Junior High School to tertiary level. We also partner with relevant stakeholder organizations that are into helping women attain a career or an upskilling.

In addition, we support local communities and selected schools with regular coding classes and bootcamps for kids and teens. AmaliTech is convinced that equipping kids at early ages with digital skills and setting them on the right path toward technological exploration is vital for their future careers.

 

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AmaliTech recruits graduates into the AmaliTech Training Academies to undergo its free training programme in IT/Digital skills offering diverse employment pathways. We operate training centres in Ghana and Rwanda in which we offer three to six months training programmes covering hard and soft skills required to be successful in the ICT sector. After successful completion, trainees are empowered to apply their acquired skills in the local and international job market. Graduate Trainees will be offered jobs in one of AmaliTech’s service centres, where we connect them to European clients to provide high-quality digital services in software engineering, data science and other specializations. The income generated from these service contracts is fed directly back into financing and growing our training program. Trainees are also welcomed to use AmaliTech as a platform to start their entrepreneurial career in the ICT sector. 


The approach combines training with employment and continuous learning because evidence shows that this is by far the most effective approach. The partner nexum is supporting this approach by offering on-the-job mentoring & coaching. 


By 2025, AmaliTech aims to offer training to over 3,000 individuals and create at least 1,000 jobs in Ghana and Rwanda.
The jobs offered are all formal jobs (both full-time and part-time) with a salary significantly above the local minimum wage. We are actively promoting gender equality and inclusion of people with disabilities, working closely together with relevant local stakeholders.


AmaliTech is supported by German development cooperation via the GIZ’s “Invest for Jobs” initiative.

https://amalitech.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amalitech/
https://www.instagram.com/amalitech_ggmbh/
https://twitter.com/AmaliTech_gGmbh
https://amalitech.org/articles/youth-coding-boot-camp/
https://amalitech.org/articles/amalitech-signs-mou-with-ttu/
https://amalitech.org/articles/amalitech-organizes-maiden-hackathon-for-nsps/
https://amalitech.org/articles/amalitechs-growth-interview-with-retailer/
https://amalitech.org/articles/amalitech-signs-mou-with-gctu/
https://amalitech.org/articles/amalitech-partners-with-yea/
https://amalitech.org/articles/emmanuel-asaber-talks-about-his-experience-at-amalitech/
https://amalitech.org/press-releases/new-and-unique-platform-thefairwork-now-creates-the-urgently-needed-access-to-digital-talent-from-africa-also-for-smaller-companies-in-europe/

Deliverables and links to SDG targets

  • Progress: 723 out of 3000 young people trained in relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, ICT skills and soft skills

    4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

    Number of young graduates trained in one of AmaliTech’s training programs covering three to six months of material in trainees’ chosen specialization (software engineering, software testing, data science, Salesforce development, among others) as well as professional skills.

    BY: Dec 2025
  • 1,000 jobs created for young people, including through subsidized employment and entrepreneurship

    8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value

    Full-time, high-skilled and permanent jobs created for graduates of AmaliTech’s training program either in AmaliTech’s Service Centers or with other comparable employers (such as nexum).

     

    BY: Dec 2025

Start

01-Sep-2021

End

31-Dec-2025

USD 7,075,000

Estimated total value of the commitment

3,000

young people to benefit directly from this commitment

Target: All ages 20-24, 25-29, 30-35

Primarily:
  • Graduates of second-level education and students in third-level education or beyond

Challenges faced in implementation

AmaliTech is highly committed to achieving gender equality and empowering as many women as possible to join our training academies and start a career in tech. However, recruiting female graduates with STEM or Computer Science backgrounds keeps challenging.   To bring more women into IT, AmaliTech continuously adapts its recruiting processes and organizes awareness campaigns, including coding bootcamps for females ranging from Junior High School to tertiary level.   In addition, targeted social media ads are run for women. We also partner with relevant stakeholder organizations that are into helping women attain a career or an upskilling, such as Developers in Vogue and CAMFED Ghana, in linking their pool of women to our opportunities.   Tertiary education in IT-related fields tends to be too theoretical; graduates lack practical experience. This, combined with an exhausted African job market, makes it difficult for young IT talents to find employment.   AmaliTech strives to support those talents in their professional network and open up prospects for them beyond the local job markets through connecting them to international clients in AmaliTech Services Centres or by means of AmaliTech's digital freelance platform (TheFairWork).

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