{"id":18804,"date":"2025-01-13T15:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=18804"},"modified":"2025-01-13T15:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:12:40","slug":"building-skills-for-young-adults-douala-digital-tech-park-cameroon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2025\/01\/building-skills-for-young-adults-douala-digital-tech-park-cameroon.html","title":{"rendered":"Building Skills for Young Adults &#8211; Douala Digital Tech Park Cameroon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skills! The city of\u00a0 Douala, Cameroon, celebrates the inauguration of the Douala <b>Digital Tech Park <\/b>(DTP), an ambitious project located at the heart of the JFN HUI campus in Santa-Barbara Bonamoussadi Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18791\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-5-615x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-5-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-5-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This initiative, led by the Jacky Felly Nafack <b>JFN Group <\/b>of Alphonse Nafack in collaboration with SOLIDWORKS reseller, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktm-digit-innov.com\/\"><b>KTM Green Energy Group<\/b> <\/a>and its partner<a href=\"https:\/\/www.3ds.com\/\"> <b>Dassault <\/b><b>Syst\u00e8mes<\/b><\/a>, marks a pivotal moment for the technological and industrial landscape of Cameroon and Africa as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-4-615x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-4-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-4-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nestor Mbogni, education advocate from KTM Green Energy Group explained, &#8220;These partnerships highlight the ambition of the project and its potential to transform the region into a true technological hub.&#8221;\u00a0 Over 250 people attended the inaugural event on October 31, 2024, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training<\/li>\n<li>Ministry of Higher Education Ministry of Mines<\/li>\n<li>Urban Community of Douala (CUD)<\/li>\n<li>General Directorate of PAD (Douala Autonomous Port)<\/li>\n<li>General Directorate of SCDP (Cameroon Petroleum Depots Company)<\/li>\n<li>Management of ALUCAM (Aluminum of Cameroon)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Digital Tech Park (DTP) positions itself as an innovation hub offering comprehensive incubation and acceleration services for startups. Equipped with state-of-the-art prototyping resources, it targets key sectors such as industry, healthcare, urbanization, mining, education, energy, and smart agriculture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18788\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-615x346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-615x346.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-2-728x410.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Talent Training and Development<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Douala Digital Tech Park aims to train over 10,000 young African talents by 2030. The goal is to create a skilled workforce in global technologies and transfer expertise acquired abroad to Cameroon and Africa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18793\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-7-615x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-7-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-7-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-7-728x485.jpg 728w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/KTM-Cameroon-Skills-SOLIDWORKS-Blog-7.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our colleague, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Douphy, Senior Sales Expert represented Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, along with company representatives from KTM, Google Cloud, Amazon and Microsoft Azure supported the Douala Digital Tech Park initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/lefaucondafrique.com\/2024\/11\/09\/inauguration-du-douala-tech-park-un-catalyseur-de-la-transformation-industrielle-et-technologique-en-afrique\/#:~:text=Dans%20une%20atmosph%C3%A8re%20d'enthousiasme,situ%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20Santa%2DBarbara%20Bonamoussadi.\">here <\/a>(in French &#8211; use Google translate)<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Nestor and the KTM Green Energy Group,\u00a0 Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric and Valerie Lecolle, Dassault Syst\u00e8mes for sharing with the SOLIDWORKS Community.<\/p>\n<p>Design well, Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills! The city of\u00a0 Douala, Cameroon, celebrates the inauguration of the Douala Digital Tech Park (DTP), an ambitious project located at the heart of the JFN HUI campus in Santa-Barbara Bonamoussadi Cameroon. 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