Learn Digital with Google
You can learn many digital skills via the
Google Digital Skills for Africa portal.
According to google using this portal “You can grow your career
or your business at your own pace, with flexible and personalized training
courses designed to build your confidence and help you thrive.”
Google has developed many courses directly
and in partnerships with other institutions and training providers across the
globe.
What are you waiting for? Start learning
today to equip yourself with the skills you need to succeed tomorrow.
With over 150 online training courses, you
will find many courses that suits your purpose.
You can select what to learn from the
following categories: Digital Marketing, Career Development and Data and Technology.
You may select via the course length for
courses less than 2 hours, 2-10 hours, 11 – 20 hours and 20+ hours.
One may choose between Free certificate or
paid certificate courses.
Another option is to choose based on the
course difficulty and this could be beginner, intermediate or advanced.
The last criteria allows you to choose a
course based on the course provider. There are about 19 course providers and
they are as follows (in no particular order): Google, Google Cloud, Skillshop,
Coursera, Applied Digital Skills, Great Learning, OpenClassrooms, ,
FutureLearn, Grasshopper, Goodwill Community Foundation, Simplilearn, Udacity,
Darden School of Business (University of Virginia), Monash University, National
Chiao Tung University, The Open University, University of Auckland, University
of Groningen and the University of Helsinki.
The are 32 courses in the Digital marketing
category.
Some of the courses you will can learn here are Technical Support Fundamentals, fundamentals of graphic design and the fundamentals of digital marketing. You can also learn search engine optimization fundamentals and cloud computing concepts.
The fundamentals of digital marketing
course is particularly special for at least two reasons. First, it contains 26 modules
and requires 40 hours of learning. Secondly, you obtain a recognized
certification when the course is completed.
The fundamentals of digital marketing certification
shows you have got genuine digital skills and that you are motivated to learn.
You can grow your career with this certification and showcase your certificate on your LinkedIn profile.
Some of the skills you will learn are analytics and data insights, business strategy, content marketing, display
advertising to mention a few.
