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Orange Mali–UNDP Digital Skills Partnership
Mali · Bamako · See the Mali profile · See the Bamako profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 99% 28/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
In June 2024, UNDP Mali and Orange Mali launched a two-year partnership to train 3,000 young people in digital skills through Orange Digital Center Bamako, starting with a pilot cohort of 200 young women in web development, digital marketing, design and video editing.
200 people
Pilot cohort trained (young women) (2024)
3000 youth
Two-year training target (2024-2026)
Details
- Maturity
- Pilot
- Promoter
- UNDP Mali / Orange Mali
- Period
- 2024–2026
- Keywords
- digital skills, youth employment, gender inclusion, public-private partnership
Context
Mali faces a pronounced digital skills gap, and women are especially underrepresented in the country's technology sector, a pattern the World Bank's 2021 report on African digital skills flagged as a continent-wide risk to inclusive digitalisation.
Objectives
On 28 June 2024, UNDP Mali and Orange Mali signed a two-year partnership to open digital career pathways for 3,000 young people, delivered through the existing Orange Digital Center in Bamako.
Activities
The programme launched immediately with a pilot cohort of 200 young women trained in digital marketing, web development, graphic design and video editing, sitting within UNDP's 2023-2025 private-sector partnership strategy and Orange's 'Engage 2025' Africa digital-skills plan.
Results
Only the 200-woman pilot cohort has started; the 3,000-youth target and any employment outcomes remain to be independently verified as the two-year programme progresses.
Conclusions
So far, only descriptive, self-reported figures from the launch announcements are available.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k) — Budget not disclosed in sources; delivered through existing Orange Digital Center infrastructure rather than new build.
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years) — Two-year partnership (2024-2026) per the signed agreement.
- Staffing & skills
- UNDP Mali, Orange Mali (Orange Digital Center Bamako)
Conditions for success
- Existing Orange Digital Center infrastructure in Bamako
- UNDP's 2023-2025 global strategy for private-sector partnerships
- Orange Group's 'Engage 2025' digital-skills plan for Africa
Common failure modes
- 3,000-youth target and employment outcomes remain unverified as of source retrieval
- Only self-reported launch figures available; no independent evaluation
Commonly funded by
Own resources / municipal budget Philanthropic / foundation funding
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-09
- UNDP Mali / Orange Mali — accessed 2026-07-09
- UNDP Mali press release (28 June 2024) — accessed 2026-07-09
- We Are Tech Africa coverage — accessed 2026-07-09
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