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WorldClass : Empowering Africans through education, skills, and opportunities

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. 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 

Education

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

Entrepreneurship

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

Agriculture

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

957,900

Hours of volunteers and pro bono time

81M

Total individuals reached

US$189M

WorldClass investments

1,200+

WorldClass programs worldwide

Engaging our ecosystems

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

One Young World: Empowering young leaders to make a societal impact

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

Deloitte is furthering its 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 alongside our Deloitte delegation.

WorldClass Education Challenge

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

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.

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A world of opportunity: how Deloitte Africa is accelerating learning across the continent

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We invite you to read our 2025 Deloitte Africa Report and hope that you will share in our confidence about Africa’s future.

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