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Canada and Guyana. He pledged a contribution of CDN$9.5 million to the initiative.

“It will help launch young people into fulfilling careers in the emerging digital skills technology sector. Canada is proud to join forces with you Guyana, with you President Ali on this exciting new initiative,” Hussen stated.

He added “In every country that Canada engages with on these kinds of projects, we emphasize inclusion… making sure that women and girls who are normally left behind are included” he stated, reinforcing the shared values of empowerment and equality.

Managing Director of the One Guyana Digital initiative, Mark Itwaroo said that he has been working assiduously to create a course that is second to none in the field of academia.

Itwaru revealed his intentions of creating a near-shoring industry in Guyana, in the wake of the nation’s nascent oil and gas industry.

He also provided details on the curriculum developed in partnership with the Toronto Metropolitan University.

“This course will teach qualified applicants… cutting-edge programming languages such as Python used for artificial intelligence,” he stated, emphasizing the strategic advantage this would provide Guyanese graduates within the global job market.

He added “This is very important because I want the graduates from Guyana to have a strategic advantage over everybody else when they are competing for jobs internationally,” he said.

With applications open to Guyanese citizens aged 17 and older, persons desirous of accessing the course can register at oneguyanadigital.com.

The President had adverted to this initiative on his return from the Caricom-Canada summit last year October.