German software company SAP SE and Accenture announced a next-generation program that aims to provide mentorship and skills development for future IT talent in the Philippines.
The program aims to benefit 500 information technology students from top universities in the Philippines through a curriculum that incorporates SAP technologies that drive digital transformation.
The collaboration between SAP and Accenture is part of both companies’ strategy to address market needs in the Philippines to groom new talents and prepare them for the digital economy.
The three-year program is part of SAP Next-Gen, which enables SAP customers and alliance partners to introduce disruptive innovation and accelerate their exponential enterprise journeys and digital futures through connecting with students, startups, academic thought leaders and researchers, accelerators, venture firms, and other partners in the SAP University Alliances innovation network.
Students from the University of Santo Tomas and the Mapua Institute of Technology, both of which are members of the SAP UA, are provided with individual trial accounts on SAP Cloud Platform. It provides them access to the curricula that comprises a combination of teaching materials from SAP UA and SAP Cloud Platform Tech Academy as well as industry expertise from Accenture.