GE, ALU unveil Africa Industrial Internet programme
The African Leadership University (ALU) and GE Africa have unveiled the ALU Africa Industrial Internet Programme, (AIIP). The programme, powered by GE, combines the best of GE’s technical expertise with ALU’s unique learning model in a 12-month professional training programme
that merges the essential business and technical skills necessary for African professionals to succeed in a digital industrial environment.
The programme begins in January 2018, to reemphasize GE’s position as the world’s premier digital industrial company.
The Director, Learning & Development, GE Africa, Roti Balogun, stated that in an increasingly connected industrial ecosystem, a staggering amount of data is being generated every moment.
According to him, the programme, commonly termed: ‘Industrial Internet’, involves connecting software, industrial applications and intelligent analytics to businesses, enabling unprecedented gains in productivity and innovation from these massive datasets.
The AIIP employs a blended learning model to participants with a mix of online learning and periodic 3-5 day in-person intensives to be held at the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg.
This approach provides flexibility to participants enabling them to learn from industry experts, and at the same time, immediately apply what they learn in the program in their daily jobs.
The program includes hands-on training on artificial intelligence and machine learning with ALU’s unique entrepreneurial leadership program to prepare professionals for leadership roles entrepreneurial, technology driven work environments.
Participants, he said, will work with best-in-class technology including GE’s pioneer platform for the Industrial Internet – Predix, to build applications that could solve complex problems for industrial companies.
Participants will be taught by industry practitioners who bring in years of experience in their fields.
“It’s an exciting period for us to take the lead in building digital industrial capabilities on the continent with this game-changing program. We remain committed to developing the next generation of leaders in this transformative digital age,” Balogun added.
ALU’s Founder and CEO, Fred Swaniker, said they are delighted to partner GE to offer a programme that holistically prepares current and future professionals to harness the full potential of artificial intelligence in building their businesses, creating jobs and transforming lives.
