About Digital Skills for Africa Online Portal

Free tutorials to help you succeed online, from social media to search engines and beyond. The tutorial portal will help brush up your digital skills to grow your business, your career, or just your confidence. The everyday experts at Digital Skills for Africa will help you succeed online. Anyone can benefit, regardless of their skill level, goals or background.

What knowledge and skills will I gain upon completing my training?

There’s no limit to how much you can grow! After watching video tutorials from everyday experts who’ve been in your shoes, you’ll build the skills to promote yourself and your business online. You’ll learn how to get noticed by the right people, and how to make the most of the web to achieve your goals.

Six months ago, Google announced its commitment to train 1 million Africans on digital skills within a year, we knew it was going to be a tough task. People across Africa are thirsty to explore how to take better advantage of the internet and the opportunities it offers; but frameworks that provide digital skills training on the continent are few and far between.

Over 500,000 Africans have received training that will enable them to build businesses, create jobs and boost economic growth across the continent. For people who are unable to attend face-to-face training sessions and who want to acquire digital skills in their own time from their own phone or computer, Google is launching a new Digital Skills Africa online portal. 

The portal contains 89 online lessons on a wide range of digital subjects including web analytics, social media management and mobile marketing. Available in English and French and in the near future in Portuguese, Google hopes the portal will enable more people in more African countries to make the most of the web. The training is available to anyone, and people who complete the program will receive a Certificate of Online Proficiency.