{"id":47968,"date":"2021-11-25T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.outsourceaccelerator.com\/?p=47968"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T07:10:00","slug":"sation-microsoft-empire-partner-foundation-host-digital-skills-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.outsourceaccelerator.com\/sation-microsoft-empire-partner-foundation-host-digital-skills-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"SAtion, Microsoft, Empire Partner Foundation host digital skills hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital skills development firm SAtion has collaborated with tech giant Microsoft and non-profit tech hub Empire Partner Foundation in hosting a skills development hackathon in South Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hackathon\u2019s goal is to find solutions to help enable disadvantaged young locals to access digital learning tools and skills programs available through enablers to the SAtion ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the help of the online platform SAtion Digital Skills Hub, SA\u2019s young locals can gain free access to Microsoft Office 365, free digital literacy resources, and Microsoft Cloud Society resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAtion COO Dimakatso Matshoga said that this hackathon was designed \u201cto take the first big step towards ensuring the true digital transformation of our economy, by breaking down the barriers that prevent the digital upskilling of our people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAtion hopes that the digital skills hackathon will be the first of many efforts in creating a globally competitive and digitized economy in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itweb.co.za\/content\/RgeVDMPY99yqKJN3?utm_source=dailyEnews_link&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital skills development firm SAtion has collaborated with tech giant Microsoft and non-profit tech hub Empire Partner Foundation in hosting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":47969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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