The school, specializing in data, artificial intelligence (AI) and cyber security training, is launching
its activities in January 2025 with data scientists who will offer certified training.
Jose Milano, executive chairman of the OMNES Education group, told journalists on Wednesday that “the group is
strengthening its presence in Côte d’Ivoire to meet the country’s economic and demographic challenges, as a partner.”
A European player in private higher education, the group is deploying its post-BAC training activities in Africa, with the opening of four new schools in Abidjan and a continuing education school.
From January 2025, the group is opening a training center in data, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, with the arrival of data scientists who will offer more than 3,000 hours of certified online training.
The group’s executive chairman announced that from the start of the 2025 school year, the schools in digital engineering “AI, management and political science will open 12 Bachelor and Master of Science programs.”
Three other schools will also be set up in Abidjan to offer Bachelor (BAC+3) and Master of Science (Bac+5) training programs in management, political science and international relations.
With a new campus under construction, the group will be able to welcome up to 1,000 students by 2026 by 2027. This establishment, according to Jose Milano, was made concrete by obtaining approval from the Ministry of Higher Education of Côte d’Ivoire.
This establishment constitutes a strategic step in the group’s expansion in West Africa and will strengthen its regional presence to better meet the needs of students and the digital and technological transformation of companies.
For him, the objective is to create a tool for the development of territories by and for Côte d’Ivoire and the sub-region, but also to commit to Africa in the long term and to co-build a solid relationship with Ivorian economic and institutional actors.
The ambition of the group, he went on to say, is to contribute to upping the skills of the training system of Ivorian youth and professionals throughout their career, in the main sectors.
It is also a question of allowing Ivorian students to access studies, the quality of training of which is recognised by the French and European education systems and to offer the possibility to African students to continue their studies in Europe, he added.
In addition, the group intends to support the economic and demographic dynamism of Côte d’Ivoire and the sub-region, while promoting their competitiveness, allowing each student to build their successes thanks
to support towards professional integration and employability.
“Through this global approach, the group wishes to be a reference partner of Côte d’Ivoire in the development of skills, particularly in data and in AI, of which it is the leader, in order to make possible the digital and technological transformation of booming economic sectors,” he maintained.
The OMNES Education group has 22 campuses in 18 cities around the world, more than 40,000 students, including 18,000 work-study students and 10,000 executives.
It has more than 15,000 partner companies, more than 280 billion CFA francs in turnover and a professional integration rate of 95 percent.
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