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WorldClass: Empowering 14 million Africans

Millions of people around the world are held back from achieving their full potential. Investing in education and skills is the answer. It is the foundation of opportunity and progress and creates better futures for all.

Our future innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders will need new skills to help us to meet the challenges of tomorrow. We are investing in innovative approaches to support education, digital skills development and training opportunities so everyone can succeed in the modern economy.

Deloitte’s WorldClass ambition is to reach 100 million people by 2030 through programmes and partnerships with leading educational organisations around the world. In Africa, we seek to impact 14million lives. Our approach is to leverage our time (volunteering and pro bono), funds, and networks that are active in our countries in the development of education, entrepreneurs, and small-scale farmers.​

 

WorldClass Africa Pillars ​

Democratizing education across the continent through the following ways:

  • Empowering principals and school governing bodies with governance and management skills necessary to effectively run their schools and
  • Leveraging our networks such as the World Economic Forum and utilizing our core capabilities to build platforms that can effectively broadcast quality teaching and tutoring through training educators and providing an accessible educating platform
  • Assist in the advancement of management skills relevant for successful business management
  • Use the Deloitte networks and platforms to provide marketplace opportunities
  • Provide opportunities to showcase these entrepreneurs for relevant requirements through introductions to our networks i.e. Investors, clients and partners
  • Assist small-scale farmers towards production growth while developing a young group of Agripreneurs in the African continent
  • Support the creation of innovative methods through advance technologies and farming skills and
  • Developing a model to guide easier access to continental and international markets

Building better futures - WorldClass

 

From building confidence in and out of the classroom to learning new job skills, Deloitte is empowering people from around the world to create better futures.​
Empowering 14M Africans One Future At A Time​

Through WorldClass we aim to develop job skills, improve educational outcomes and expand opportunities for 14 Africans by 2030. ​

Unlocking Opportunities Through Accessible Learning

Enrol now to upskill yourself with free online courses on the WorldClass Education Hub

Africa WorldClass Impact in FY24​

Engaging our ecosystems 

Deloitte collaborates with clients, governments, innovators, schools, universities and NGOs to support learning and opportunity.

The WorldClass Education Challenge is a joint initiative of Deloitte and the World Economic Forum using the UpLink platform to advance solutions that will support access to quality education for more of the world’s students.

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Our partnership with One Young World (OYW) develops young professionals into future leaders who can address global issues.

Deloitte are furthering our commitment to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and create a better future by supporting innovative, youth-led initiatives like the OYW Lead2030 and sponsoring ten outstanding young leaders with fully funded scholarships to attend OYW Summits with our Deloitte delegation.

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Our stories

Watch the stories below to see some of the impact of our programmes around the world.
StanLab: a 3D virtual laboratory at children’s fingertips

Job Oyebisi’s dream is that every student in Nigeria has access to quality STEM education. His innovation StanLab is helping to make this a reality.

Empowering a generation of scientists and innovators across Africa​

Deloitte Africa is making science, technology, engineering, and math education accessible to millions of students in Africa. With the Pan African Robotics Competition (PARC), we're inspiring the next generation of change makers.

Sustainable impact: investing in Africa’s future through STEM education

By offering cutting-edge science and technology learning with opportunities to solve real-world problems, Dr. Sidy Ndao is inspiring students through robotics and unleashing the next generation of changemakers.

Making libraries accessible to over 35,000 children by 2030​

 

Deloitte launched WorldClass in Ghana to refurbish and restock eight libraries in rural and deprived basic schools, positively impacting over 35,000 children by 2030.​

Empowering a generation of scientists and innovators across Africa

 

Watch Marème's story: Developing STEM skills to become the creators and investors of the future​

Blogs from our people

Hear from our own professionals on how they are contributing their skills to make an impact that matters. 
A world of opportunity: how Deloitte Africa is accelerating learning across the continent

Enabling quality STEM education for millions across Africa, Deloitte is making a generational impact — one student at a time.​

Hello World!

Last November, Nondumiso woke up and found herself in California. It wasn’t luck and it wasn’t magic – though it felt like a bit of both, as this was the first time she had left her native South Africa.

Deloitte Africa Report

The 2024 Deloitte Africa Report describes our progress in achieving our purpose-led strategic ambitions for our people, clients, and the societies in which we operate. It is a demonstration of our ongoing commitment to improving quality, accountability, transparency, and upholding public trust. 

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The 13th edition of Deloitte’s Gen Z and Millennial Survey connected with nearly 23,000 respondents across 44 countries to track their experiences and expectations at work and in the world more broadly.

Learn from the greatest minds. Make an impact every day, In everything you do. The possibilities are endless.

Key contact

Ashleigh Theophanides

Chief Sustainability Officer
+27 11 209 8112

Joseph Edward Mensah

Lead, Africa WorldClass
+233501677310

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