Indian edtech platform expands into Africa with online courses in career critical skills

Indin edtech platform for working professionals, Great Learning, is expanding its geographic footprint globally to Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East.

The company says it will offer three of its most popular programs in Data Science & Business Analytics, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Cyber Security in these geographies, in association with two of the top universities of the world, Stanford University and The University of Texas, Austin.

The online programs which have already attracted over 10,000 learners from 17 countries including the UK, Singapore, South Africa, UAE, etc adopts a unique mentored-learning model where personalized mentorship is provided by expert instructors from Great Learning’s 750+ Global Guru network, from companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Walmart.

The company expects to deliver cutting-edge and impactful learning to 100,000 learners from international geographies, over the next five years, according to Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder and CEO, Great Learning.