Vocational education and training - VET

This flagship report provides a comprehensive overview of current global digital trends. Despite accounting for only 1% of global information and communication technology value, Africa shows promising growth, with significant increases in internet usage and a notable $4.2 billion in venture capital investments targeted at the continent's startups. With agriculture employing two-thirds of the working population, the continent can leverage AI technology to maximize productivity through further mechanization and the use of modern crops.

Against the backdrop of a worsening shortage of skilled workers, it is becoming increasingly important to be able to offer young people attractive and up-to-date vocational training. In many training occupations, knowledge can often only be acquired through haptic learning moments, which involves certain risks and a large consumption of materials and other resources. This is where projects come in, which can simulate training practice in a resource-saving way with the help of digital technologies, such as data glasses (augmented reality glasses, AR glasses), virtual reality and artificial intelligence (AI).

The rapidly evolving digital space is shifting the way higher ed leaders look at enrollment trends. Finding new strategies to leverage technology across the institution may be their best chance to thrive.