SA wins 15 medals at 2022 BRICS Future Skills Challenge
Much has been made of the lack of digital skills in the country, and the need for the public and private sector to address this.
This is quite the accomplishment as SA won nearly as many medals as India, which dwarves South Africa in terms of its population.in the country, something that has needed the input from the public and private sectors in order to address. While there is still a dearth of critical digital skills locally, the recent BRICS Future Skills Challenge shows just how much promise there is in South Africa despite some of the woes being faced.
“South Africa won about 10% of medals awarded in the categories in which we competed. This is remarkable for a country with a total population of around 60 million. The SA team walked away with almost the same number of medals as India, which has a population of 1.4 billion. SA won 15 medals across the 12 challenge areas in which we competed, 10 medals of which were top three placements,” noted Joanne Brink, project manager at BRICS Future Skills Challenge.
The SA team won bronze and silver awards in several categories including, internet marketing, mobile app development, digital twin, life cycle management, Internet of Things , aircraft maintenance, artificial intelligence, data science, and cyber security.
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