A national initiative for young people’s economic empowerment, MTN ACE influences vital skills and opens doors for young people. The program is intended for recent graduates, students and non-students, innovators, entrepreneurs, and start-ups focused on technology.
The initiatives include Ace Tech, which aims to upskill young people drawn to technological advancements.
Ace Career is a company that aims to equip recent graduates with job skills and internship placement.
Ace Skilling is a program designed specifically to teach entrepreneurial skills to young people, whether they are in school or not.
The National ICT Innovation Hub, Centenary Technology Services, Refactory, MUBS Entrepreneurship Innovation, and Incubation Centre, as well as MTN’s Fintech subsidiary, MTN MoMo Uganda Limited are collaborators on the MTN ACE program, which was created by the MTN Uganda Foundation.
ACE Tech:
- The program is delivered by Refactory whose focus is on skilling work ready talent for software engineering and related disciplines. The program trains both entry level and experienced digital innovators that are looking to upskill both their programming and entrepreneurial skills. The hub creates an environment for ICT innovators facing challenges with workspace, limited internet connectivity and searching for creative spaces that spur thinking. MTN Foundation equip the space and facilitates training, coaching and mentorship for startups.
- The program targets Ugandans with an innovative idea solving real life problems across all sectors, with specific key priority areas of Uganda’s Vision2040 – National Development Priorities i.e., Agriculture, Tourism & Trade, Minerals & Energy, Health, Education, Refugee/Host Communities and the Justice, Law and Order sector.
ACE Career:
The initiative provides a three-month soft skills training and internship placement for fresh graduates.
Graduates will be placed at MTN Uganda to do internship for a period of three months.
The training and coaching implementing partner is Makerere University Business School Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship Centre (MUBS-EIIC).
ACE Skilling:
The MTN Foundation has launched a youth skilling program aimed at equipping the youth with the right practical knowledge and skills that will enable them to provide innovative ICT solutions to solve community problems amidst the evolving digital world.
The program will focus on skills that will drive co-creation of innovative digital products and solutions to solve Uganda’s biggest problems in Education, Youth Empowerment, Health and Agriculture. It will be implemented in partnership with Ubunifu systems, a software development and ICT innovation firm.
