- Kia to offer IT literacy, employment and entrepreneurship coaching to native youth in Côte d’Ivoire by way of the primary half of 2027
- Kia’s Inexperienced Gentle Challenge continues to drive neighborhood progress and self-reliance by way of sustainable initiatives worldwide
- Since 2012, Kia has established 19 hubs throughout 15 nations, with 12 efficiently transferred to native authorities
Kia has established an IT schooling middle in Bingerville, Côte d’Ivoire, below its Inexperienced Gentle Challenge (GLP) to offer important digital expertise and empower native youth. The middle will run IT coaching applications for native youth by way of June 2027.
Underneath Kia’s imaginative and prescient to change into a Sustainable Mobility Options Supplier, GLP delivers a variety of applications and infrastructure to communities in want throughout sectors comparable to economic system, schooling, healthcare, and setting, with a concentrate on nurturing sustainable progress and self-reliance.
The occasion was attended by Moussa Diarrassouba, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of the Household, Girls, and Kids, Broba Bi Daniel, Deputy Mayor of Bingerville, Djan N’goran Patrice, Deputy Mayor of Béttié, Soojin Jeon, Consul of Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Côte d’Ivoire, and Eunju Lee, Head of Sustainability Administration Workforce at Kia.
This undertaking in Côte d’Ivoire expects to resolve restricted entry to IT schooling and infrastructure within the nation, improve IT expertise for youth, and cut back unemployment, finally.
The middle’s curriculum features a six-month course, comprising 4 months of primary IT schooling adopted by two months of specialised coaching. Contributors will acquire sensible expertise in IT areas whereas additionally receiving coaching geared towards employment and entrepreneurship.
Moreover, Kia plans to implement a cellular IT schooling program to succeed in younger individuals within the distant area of Béttié, additional increasing entry to digital expertise.
Since its launch in 2012, GLP has established colleges, well being facilities, and vocational coaching services throughout 19 hubs in 15 nations, together with Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Albania, and Vietnam, benefiting roughly one million individuals.
Kia has efficiently transferred operational authority for 12 hubs in 9 nations, together with Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda, to native governments and establishments, with plans to switch the remaining seven hubs after undertaking completion.
Kia emphasised that GLP demonstrates the corporate’s dedication to empowering communities by way of strengthening self-reliance by establishing infrastructure. The corporate additionally reaffirmed its dedication to addressing urgent social points and dealing towards a sustainable future for the subsequent technology.
Along with GLP, Kia is actively engaged in numerous social contribution initiatives below its mission to “contribute to a secure, free, and sustainable life for humanity.”
Notable initiatives embrace:
- Inexperienced Journey, a undertaking to boost mobility rights and allow individuals with disabilities to journey freely.
- Harmonium, a undertaking for supporting multicultural youth’s social integration
- Tidal Flat Vegetation Restoration, aimed toward defending coastal ecosystems by planting and learning salt-tolerant vegetation.
- The Ocean Cleanup, a undertaking to gather and recycle marine waste plastics
