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AirAsia expands its partnership with Airbus to empower more underrepresented women in the digital sphere and increase their participation in the tech workforce through AirAsia Academy’s RatuTech campaign.
The #RatuTech programme aims to help females, especially from the B40 group, explore technology careers by reskilling and developing relevant, marketable and in-demand skills such as Digital Marketing, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure and others.
President (Ventures) Capital A & Chief Executive Officer Aireen Omar said the collaboration with major corporate entities like Airbus would allow more underprivileged women to acquire the right skill sets.
Aireen added: “We aim to transform the future of our tech talent pipeline continuously and RatuTech is a unique outreach programme which explores untapped talents from within the marginalised communities.
“This way, we can close the gender gap and revolutionise the region’s tech talent engine for IR 4.0.”
Airbus Chief Representative for Malaysia Raymond Lim said: “Our support of the RatuTech programme underscores our commitment to social diversity, equal opportunities, and the progression of women in societies worldwide.
“We believe the programme is a move in the right direction towards the empowerment of women in a technology-driven economy and will contribute to their economic and social development in the long term.”
The latest group of participants sponsored by Airbus are part of the 200 women from varied backgrounds, including SPM leavers and unemployed graduates seeking a career in tech.
They are looking for upskilling or a career change by taking fundamental digital courses, including Data Analytics, Digital Marketing, Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure and Software Engineering, in hopes of becoming data analysts, digital marketers, cloud experts, and cyber security specialists.
Some of the other sponsors include the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC), Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS), Sabah Creative Economy and Innovation Centre (SCENIC), Kementerian Sains Teknologi Inovasi Sabah (KSTI) , Google Cloud, Carsome and Yayasan Peneraju.
Launched on 31 March 2022, AirAsia Academy #RatuTech campaign aims to empower women to acquire tech skills and inspire them to realise their pursuit of STEM jobs.
The courses offered will be either on a full-time or on a part-time basis that will take between 3 or 6 months to complete respectively. Graduates will receive accredited professional certification that will help them gain job opportunities in the tech industry, possibly at one of the sponsoring companies.
Corporate sponsors and those interested in lending support as well as potential candidates can contact airasia academy via email: [email protected], drop them a WhatsApp message at 010-5008787 or find out more information about the available courses at https://airasiaacademy.com/.
