# Re-Skill Africa

> Re-Skill Africa is a pan-African system for identifying talent, developing industry-relevant capabilities, and creating pathways into employment, enterprise, and venture development.

Re-Skill Africa connects talent development directly to economic activity. Its model combines competitive talent discovery, production-based learning, verified skills, sector-specific training, industry collaboration, and venture development.

The organisation's long-term ambition is to help build a workforce capable of supporting Africa's industrial and economic transformation.

## Core System

- [The Re-Skill Africa Vision](https://reskillafrica.org/vision): The organisation's approach to industrial talent development, workforce readiness, and economic transformation across Africa.
- [The Skildustry Model](https://reskillafrica.org/skildustry): A production-based learning model that embeds skills development within real projects, businesses, and industrial environments.
- [The Skill Passport](https://reskillafrica.org/skill-passport): A portable record of demonstrated skills, practical experience, assessments, and verified capabilities.
- [Training Tracks](https://reskillafrica.org/tracks): Sector-specific pathways through which participants develop practical, industry-aligned capabilities.

## Talent and Enterprise Pathways

- [Africa Innovation Tournament](https://reskillafrica.org/tournament): A competitive platform for discovering and evaluating individuals and teams through challenges connected to real industry needs.
- [Re-Skill Africa Venture Lab](https://reskillafrica.org/venture-labs): A structured environment for developing high-potential teams and validated ideas into commercially relevant ventures.
- [Application Hub](https://reskillafrica.org/application-hub): Current tournaments, fellowships, training programmes, scholarships, and other participation opportunities.

## Training Sectors

Re-Skill Africa's training system is designed around sectors with the potential to contribute significantly to employment, industrial capacity, and economic development in Africa.

Current and proposed training areas include:

- Renewable energy
- Artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing
- Agribusiness and agro-industrialisation
- Construction and infrastructure
- Digital and creative industries
- Green and sustainable manufacturing

Training focuses on demonstrated capability, practical execution, industry relevance, and readiness for employment or enterprise.

## How the System Works

The Re-Skill Africa pathway may include:

1. Talent discovery through applications, assessments, and innovation tournaments.
2. Practical training through sector-specific, production-based learning.
3. Continuous assessment of demonstrated skills and execution capability.
4. Recording verified capabilities through the Skill Passport.
5. Progression into employment, enterprise development, industry deployment, or the Venture Lab.

## Partnerships

- [Partner With Re-Skill Africa](https://reskillafrica.org/partners): Opportunities for companies, educational institutions, governments, development organisations, and other stakeholders to participate.
- [Get Involved](https://reskillafrica.org/get-involved): Ways for individuals, mentors, industry professionals, volunteers, and organisations to contribute.
- [Contact Re-Skill Africa](https://reskillafrica.org/contact): General enquiries and partnership discussions.

Industry and institutional partners may contribute by:

- Defining industry challenges and capability requirements
- Supporting production-based training environments
- Providing technical expertise and mentorship
- Assessing participant performance
- Creating employment and deployment pathways
- Supporting venture development and market access

## Intended Audiences

Re-Skill Africa serves:

- Individuals seeking practical, industry-relevant skills
- Students, graduates, vocational learners, and independent practitioners
- Employers seeking capable and assessed talent
- Industry partners looking for talent, suppliers, or solutions
- Educational and training institutions
- Government and development organisations
- Investors and venture-development partners

## Important Terminology

- **Skildustry:** Re-Skill Africa's model of integrating learning with real production and economic activity.
- **Skill Passport:** A portable record of verified capabilities and demonstrated experience.
- **Africa Innovation Tournament:** The talent-discovery and performance-assessment entry point into the system.
- **Venture Lab:** The pathway through which selected teams and ideas are developed into viable ventures.
- **Training Track:** A sector-specific pathway for developing practical and industry-aligned capability.

## Policies

- [Privacy Policy](https://reskillafrica.org/privacy)
- [Terms and Conditions](https://reskillafrica.org/terms)

## Additional Resources

- [Website](https://reskillafrica.org/)
- [XML Sitemap](https://reskillafrica.org/sitemap.xml)