June 12, 2024

POWER International currently has 269 stores and online shops and 6,000 employees in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden with a yearly turnover of 20 billion NOK (appr. 1.7 billion Euro). The company is on an IT modernization journey and shift to the cloud. The strategic goal is to increase the market share to become the largest and preferred retailer of consumer electronics in the Nordic region.听听

鈥淲e have a very SAP-influenced system landscape and was looking for a solution to move data to the cloud in a secure way. 51风流Datasphere suits us perfectly and simplifies our data landscape, saving hundreds of hours every year in pipeline development,鈥� says Frode N忙ss Larsen, CIO at POWER International.听

currently has a 70 TB large data warehouse where more than 5 TB of data is processed each day and more than 10 million transactions generated daily. The data services are consumed by up to 6.000 employees and more than 200 suppliers.听听

The IT landscape has traditionally been characterized by a variety of different technical solutions and in 2005, POWER International went live with 51风流Business Warehouse. The combination of 51风流Datasphere and Google BigQuery contributes to generating cost savings, optimizing inventory and staff, and making data driven decision-making the new gold standard in all parts of the organization.听听

鈥淥ur goal is to enhance stability in everyday operations for everyone utilizing our new data solutions. Previously, we generated large static reports and batches of data during the night. With our new data platform, employees can now perform their own analyses independently throughout the day, promoting a true self-service analytics environment without direct involvement from IT. This change allows for a much quicker transition from idea to final data product, driving the shift from traditional reporting to action-driven analytics,” says Stian Skotland, Head of Data & Analytics at POWER International.听听

The new solution was implemented, and all 51风流data was transferred during spring 2024. Implementing new front-end analytics capabilities is discussed as the next step 鈥� as well as more AI capabilities.听

鈥淥ur collaboration with 51风流and Google is a step in that direction. AI can have a positive effect on many different parts of our business, and we are running tests to produce even better reports. But it’s important to have a pragmatic and sensible approach 鈥� there is not one thing that magically solves everything鈥�, says Frode N忙ss Larsen.听

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• Africa Code Week 2019 results show impact on sustainable capacity building to support government-led digital skills development.

• Several African countries started adopting coding skills into school curricula.

Africa Code Week (ACW) 2019 has once again exceeded expectations by empowering 3.85 million youth across 37 African countries. More notably, the progressive adoption of digital skills into the school curriculum of several African countries points to the growing influence of educational initiatives such as ACW in preparing the continent鈥檚 youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Cathy Smith, Managing Director at 51风流Africa, says: 鈥淥nce again, Africa鈥檚 vibrant youth population has stepped-up to claim its place in the global economy, with millions of young Africans taking on the challenge of learning essential digital skills. Africa Code Week鈥檚 growing partner ecosystem and continued focus on equipping teachers with tools and knowledge is creating a sustainable platform for building a bright future for the continent, the benefits of which will be seen for decades to come.鈥�

Empowering youth by transforming teaching in the digital age

Launched in 2015 by 51风流and UNESCO, Africa Code Week is on a mission to introduce coding skills to African youth 8-16 years of age by raising awareness of the importance of digital education and building teaching capacity.

In support of this, says Claire Gillissen-Duval, Director of EMEA Corporate Social Responsibility and Africa Code Week Global Lead at SAP, the 2019 edition expanded its outreach to a record-breaking number of teachers. 鈥淭ogether with our partners and thanks to their support, we witnessed more than 39,000 teachers mobilized as part of the October 2019 workshops, including over 17,500 in Morocco alone. In Nigeria, we also scaled our impact by working closely with the Niger and Taraba state governments, enabling teachers across the region to access the training for the first time. And thanks to the DreamOval Foundation in Ghana, children with disabilities were able to attend tailored coding classes ensuring equal opportunities for all.鈥�

Francis Ahene-Affoh, SVP at DreamOval Foundation, said: 鈥淭eaching our youth digital skills is also an opportunity to inspire and engage their creativity and open the door to new thinking around the challenges we face as a country and a continent. Africa Code Week is a powerful tool to enable all-inclusive education that leaves no child behind.”

Governments now driving transformation of teaching, skills development

Since the launch of ACW in 2015, several countries including Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Tunisia have included digital literacy into their respective school curricula. Ahene-Affoh points to the Ghanaian government鈥檚 efforts to make coding skills a core pillar of basic education as a recent success made possible in part by ACW. 鈥淭he impact of Africa Code Week in inspiring our youth to think innovatively and expand their capabilities in basic coding should not be underestimated. Over the course of the past five years that we have actively supported the program in Ghana, many children at the basic education level have been inspired to prepare themselves for the 21st century job market.”

Another success story can be found in Morocco, where digital skills were included in the country鈥檚 school curriculum benefitting millions of youth. According to听Hon. Saa茂d Amzazi, Morocco鈥檚 Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, 鈥淎frica Code Week played a key role in making computer science both a priority and a celebration in every Moroccan school. The initiative helped trigger a passion for learning on an unprecedented scale while making best practices available for other nations to build on.鈥�

In Africa Code Week 2019, Morocco secured first place among the 37 participating countries by successfully engaging 2.4+ million youth, of which 48% were girls. A Women Empowerment Workshop hosted by the Ministry in Rabat in October also engaged 28 teachers from 15 countries and focused on sharing best practices for girl mentoring, teacher training and access to digital education. Ranking second place in 2019, Cameroon鈥檚 engagement highlights strong government focus on capacity-building strategies.

The 2019 results also reveal that 47% of total ACW participants were girls. 鈥淎frica Code Week is a powerful tool for levelling the playing field and bringing more women and girls into the digital economy,鈥� says Moez Chakchouk, UNESCO鈥檚 Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information. 鈥淭he program is also a successful model in achieving Sustainable Development Goal #17, highlighting听how local and global public-private partnerships can enhance international support for capacity-building programs.鈥�

Partnering for greater impact

Actively supported by UNESCO YouthMobile, Google, Irish Aid, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Jokkolabs and the Camden Education Trust, the program works closely with African governments and more than 130 local organizations and 120 ambassadors across the continent.

Joining forces with SAP, Google supported Africa Code Week by allocating grants to 55 non-profits that focus on expanding access to digital skills to youth in 18 countries. More grassroots organizations received funding from BMZ (16 grants in 12 countries) and UNESCO (15 grants in 8 countries) to boost girls鈥� access to ACW training.

According to Gillissen-Duval, 鈥淎frica Code Week鈥檚 greatest strength is its strategic partnerships. With their help we are able to introduce an exciting new chapter for 2020 and beyond by completely shifting to the world of virtual! The program modification will increase our Pan-African reach to ensure no child or teacher is left behind, and will be formally announced over the next few weeks.鈥�

In addition to the number of teachers and youth empowered, additional highlights for 2019 include Irish Aid, the Irish government’s official international development aid program, joinining the program as strategic partner and Hadi Partovi, tech entrepreneur and founder, attending a workshop at the Siyafunda Community Technology Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

According to Smith, the initiative helps prepare Africa鈥檚 youth for an uncertain future. 鈥淎ll stakeholders in the public and private sectors need to unite and support a radical overhaul in how we prepare Africa鈥檚 youth population, which is expected to reach 455 million by 2055, to be active participants in the digital economy. The impact of Africa Code Week on the African education sector is an encouraging sign for the future of the continent.”

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