{"id":5512,"date":"2026-01-30T08:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/?page_id=5512"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:53:08","slug":"home-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/","title":{"rendered":"DCA Digital Academy | Building Africa&#8217;s Digital Skills &#038; Talent Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5512\" class=\"elementor elementor-5512\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f7ceb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f7ceb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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capacity-building and talent-development arm of DotConnectAfrica Group. It operates as a <strong data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"552\">Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) platform<\/strong> designed to translate Africa\u2019s digital ambition into <strong data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"682\">practical skills, institutional literacy, and execution-ready leadership<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"841\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This is not a training hub for theory.<\/span><br data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"726\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It is a <strong data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"761\">pipeline for competence<\/strong>\u2014where learning connects directly to systems, policy, and real-world deployment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62cd8fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"62cd8fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01733bc\" data-id=\"01733bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-746d3d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"746d3d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5fabaeaa-8da1-4397-b0d8-c51b506406a0-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4312 lazyload\" alt=\"A group of students from DCA Academy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5fabaeaa-8da1-4397-b0d8-c51b506406a0-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/5fabaeaa-8da1-4397-b0d8-c51b506406a0-1-370x247.jpg 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba41be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ba41be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-title\"><h3><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4055 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/icon11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 33px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 33\/33;\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 <strong>Why DCA Digital Academy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><p>From Class to Career: Africa\u2019s Launchpad for Tech Talent<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a class=\"fancy-more\" style=\"color: #003366;\" title=\" Read More \" href=\"http:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/about\/\">Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f404c8d\" data-id=\"f404c8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe980b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe980b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/58d76e19-87ac-486f-9500-ac10d3053c49.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4313 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/58d76e19-87ac-486f-9500-ac10d3053c49.jpg 626w, https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/58d76e19-87ac-486f-9500-ac10d3053c49-370x246.jpg 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 626px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 626\/417;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432829c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"432829c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-title\"><h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4056 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/icon22.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 33px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 33\/33;\" \/>\u00a0 Global Innovation Insights<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><p>Our objective of advancing education in information technology to the African society on all matters related to the Internet.<\/p><p><strong><a class=\"fancy-more\" title=\" Read More \" href=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/innovators-challenge\/\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Read More \u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cbc545\" data-id=\"9cbc545\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9705a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9705a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DCADigital2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-aduma-770-572 size-aduma-770-572 wp-image-4049 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DCADigital2.jpg 770w, https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DCADigital2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DCADigital2-370x247.jpg 370w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 770px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 770\/513;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-366520e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"366520e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fancy-title\"><h3><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4057 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/icon33.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"33\" height=\"33\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 33px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 33\/33;\" \/> Thought Leadership<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3><\/div><p>We endeavor to continue to be the leading initiative that provides internet literacy programs to the youths in Africa.<\/p><p><a class=\"fancy-more\" title=\" Read More \" href=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.org\/DCAAcademy\/tech-bootcamp-programs\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Read More \u00bb<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21eb11b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21eb11b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60fe0a2\" data-id=\"60fe0a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6709e6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"d6709e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae656b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ae656b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Talent is everywhere. Opportunity must be engineered.<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de6088e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"de6088e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19325c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d19325c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Flagship Programs<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d40c94 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3d40c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=ewKvnWD6Vew&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-937fc81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"937fc81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"373\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji lazyload\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f399.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf99\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafrica.com\/ai-podcast\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Our newly launched: DotConnect AI Podcast<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Making Artificial Intelligence Understandable, Relevant, and Human<\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"671\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The <strong data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"506\">AI Podcast<\/strong> is a conversational learning series produced by the DCA Digital Academy, created for <strong data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"670\">anyone curious about artificial intelligence and its role in everyday life<\/strong>. It breaks down complex ideas into <strong data-start=\"707\" data-end=\"741\">clear, relatable conversations<\/strong>\u2014connecting technology to real experiences, opportunities, and challenges.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed6dad4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ed6dad4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dotconnectafricagroup.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-play\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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