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Orange’s 12th Digital Centre launched in Botswana

Orange Botswana digital Centre launch PIC: FACEBOOK
Orange Botswana digital Centre launch PIC: FACEBOOK

Orange Botswana, one of the leading telecom giants in the country, has launched a digital centre that is aimed at capacitating and up skilling young people in digital skills as well as helping develop their entrepreneurship acumen through coaching, mentoring and financial support.

According to the company, its Orange Digital Centre offers trading in coding, digital fabrication, start up acceleration, funding of startups as well as partnerships with learning institutions, the services that all come for free.

In addition, the mobile phone outfit will seek partnerships with select universities to establish Orange Digital Centre Clubs and extensions of the coding school within the universities in the region.

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Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

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