Check out my keynote from the AfICTA Annual Summit where I share digital skilling and startup accelerator opportunities available from IBM. What's next? Let's go off and create National Days of Code across the continent of Africa! Who's with me?

1. IBM Z & AfICTA
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, IBM Z
Student & Entrepreneur Experience
mesassi@ibm.com
@mentorafrika

2. MELISSA
SASSI
Chief Penguin, IBM Z
Student & Entrepreneur
Experience
@mentorafrika

3. 3 TOPICS
FOR
TODAY &
BEYOND
EMPOWERING TECH STARTUPS TO
BUILD & SCALE
IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator
INSPRING STUDENTS TO BEGIN
THEIR TECH JOURNEYS
IBMZ-4-Good Ideathon
ENABLING TECH STUDENTS TO
PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE OF
WORK
National Days of Code

5. Apply April 2021
15 Startups: 2019 - 20% Africa
30 Startups: 2020 - 34% Africa
Recruiting 55 Startups in 2021
Global program
Fintech, healthtech & insurtech
OPEN
APPLICATIONS
April
CLOSE
APPLICATIONS
July
ANNOUNCE COHORT
September
START MENTORSHIP
November
53% of 2020 startups have at least
one female founder

6. Technical
Mentorship
Quarterly tech leadership
deep dives
1x1 tech mentorship
Business
Mentorship
Quarterly business
leadership deep dives
1x1 business mentorship
IBM Cloud
Credits
$120K in IBM Cloud credits
IBM
Collaboration
Access to IBM network
GTM collaboration
Comarketing
Events
2
years
1
year
1
year

7. READ ABOUT OUR STARTUPS.
GET READY FOR
2021 RECRUITING.
ibm.biz/hpa-blog
Applications open April 2021

8. IBM
DIGITAL-
NATION
AFRICA
SKILLS
Explorer | Innovator | New Collar
Cloud | AI | Blockchain
Badges | 90 Courses | 300+ Hours of Learning
INNOVATION
Design Thinking | IBM Cloud Access | Practical Courses
Self-Paced | Multi-Language
JOBS
Job Search | Skill-Matching Journeys

10. DIGITALNATIONAFRICA.COM
Free | Virtual

11. IBMZ-4-Good
Ideathon
19 DECEMBER 2020
For students. With Students. By Students.
To Empower Students.
LEARN DIGITAL SKILLS
Student-Led Training & Workshops.
EMPOWER LOCAL
COMMUNITIES
Prizes. Scholarship Money. Badges.
Access to Jobs

12. DECEMBER 7
"What's Your Coding Story" Video Challenge.
Global Call for Registration Event
Win $1K
DECEMBER 19
IBMZ-4-Good Ideathon
Digital skills-in-a-box event kit
DECEMBER 20 - JANUARY 17
Student led events EVERYWHERE!
JANUARY 11 - 17
"How I Shared My Skills Forward" Video Challenge
Win $1K
JANUARY 23
Global Event & Announce Winners of Video Challenges
IBMZ-4-GOOD
IDEATHON
TIMELINE

13. ENCOURAGE YOUTH
TO REGISTER.
ibm.biz/z-ideathon
Registration open now.

14. "What's your Coding Story" video
challenge launches December 7
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER FOR THE CHALLENGE LINK: @MENTORAFRIKA
$1K PRIZE FROM GOODWALL
FOR EDUCATION EXPENSES.
COME CELEBRATE COMPUTER
SCIENCE WEEK WITH US &
EMPOWER YOUTH WITH
DIGITAL SKILLS.

15. National Day of Code: Where to
next? Who's in?

16. WHO WANTS TO
COLLABORATE?
Melissa Sassi
Chief Penguin, IBM Z
Student & Entrepreneur Experience
mesassi@ibm.com
@mentorafrika