{"id":222513,"date":"2022-04-20T17:54:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/media-advisory-trace-academias-official-launch-event?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-04-20T17:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:54:58","slug":"media-advisory-trace-academias-official-launch-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/media-advisory-trace-academias-official-launch-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Trace Academia&#8217;s Official Launch Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/7fccfee7bf71184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/7fccfee7bf71184\" alt=\"Trace Academia\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/7fccfee7bf71184\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the occasion of the Trace Academia (www.TraceAcademia.com) launch, Trace is pleased to invite you to an <strong>online Press Conference on Thursday 21 April 2022 at 10:00 am London Time (GMT+1).<\/strong> The event will be <strong>live streamed in English and French<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In Africa, 300m young people, aged 16- to 34-year-old, are either unemployed or under-employed. This is a ticking time bomb for the Continent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>For the last 3 years, Trace, a leading multimedia platform that engages with 290m young people in Africa, has been investing, in partnership with a coalition of public and private partners (*), in finding a scalable solution to help fix this major issue. The result of this investment is <strong>Trace Academia: a mobile app <\/strong><strong>that offers FREE courses and certificates dedicated to jobs, entrepreneurship, and soft skills.<\/strong> <strong>Trace Academia courses and certificates are created with the world&rsquo;s best experts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Press Conference will be hosted by <strong>Mr. Olivier Laouchez, <\/strong><strong>Trace&rsquo;s Co-founder and Executive Chairman<\/strong>, along with Trace Academia&rsquo;s partners and management team:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>His Excellency M. Aur&eacute;lien Lechevallier <\/strong>&ndash; Ambassador of France to South Africa&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs. Aida Diarra<\/strong> &ndash; Senior Vice President &amp; Group Country Manager Africa, Visa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs. Asma Ennaifer <\/strong>&ndash; Director of Diversity &amp; Inclusion for Africa &amp; Middle East, Orange<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs. Virginie Fanny Dias-Tagnon <\/strong>&ndash; HR Director Africa, L&rsquo;Or&eacute;al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs. Zanelle Dalglish <\/strong>&ndash; Director, Sustainable Development &amp; Academy, Anglophone Africa, Schneider<\/li>\n<li><strong>A representative of the World Bank<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs Camille Agon<\/strong> &ndash; Managing Director, Trace Academia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs Maria Bourechache<\/strong> &ndash; Content Director, Trace Academia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs Prescillia Avenel<\/strong> &ndash; Chief Experience Officer, Trace<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trace Academia beta test learners<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To join the Press Conference, please click on Register to Trace Academia&rsquo;s Official Launch Event &#8211; APO Group (APO-opa.com) (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3uZGjhJ) and complete the registration form. You will then receive an email with your login details.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Please RSVP by Wednesday 20th April to receive access on due time.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(*) Some of the coalition members include, Google, L&#039;Or&eacute;al, Canal +, SACEM, Visa, Schneider, Leroy Merlin, Bureau Veritas, Orange, Ford Foundation, Afreximbank, Accor-Kasada, UNESCO, the African Union, University of Johannesburg, Valued Citizens, TPG, Satya Capital, Trace, Bain &amp; Co, BDD Software.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Trace Academia.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For interviews and media requests, please contact:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:Ilhame.mounaouir@apo-opa.com\">Ilhame.mounaouir@apo-opa.com<\/a> OR <a href=\"mailto:lerato.chiyangwa@apo-opa.com\">lerato.chiyangwa@apo-opa.com<\/a> OR <a href=\"mailto:laura.marchiollo-rossi@apo-opa.com\">laura.marchiollo-rossi@apo-opa.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo At the occasion of the Trace Academia (www.TraceAcademia.com) launch, Trace is pleased to invite you to an online Press Conference on Thursday 21 April 2022 at 10:00 am London Time (GMT+1). 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