The accelerate programme at Microsoft was in partnership with private and public sectors, academia, learning partners, both large and small… to create the right skills for the future based on the technologies that are here and emerging. The key is to have learning partners in the community to work with the corporates, to have apprenticeship programmes; internship programmes, to create these pathways to employment…working in partnership with Grace and UWI, for example to create a cohesive ecosystem help to transform a community” Jacky Wright, Chief Digital Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft US Global Technology Leader during the River Side Chat on Day 1 of the Jamaica 60 Diaspora Conference.
