Today Vodafone Uganda has launched Vodafone jump, a content based website targeted for the youth called JUMP. JUMP is a social e-learning hub that provides free educational and youth related local content through educational , entrepreneurship, self-improvement portal. Vodafone aims to provide an online library of educational resources to facilitate personal and career development of the youth and interactivity among peers.
The portal is targeted for the youth especially students, fresh graduates and young professionals. The content on Vodafone’s JUMP platform is generated by young Ugandan writers, influences and editors. The JUMP editors include Malayika Ntanzi for Life Style Magazine, Solomon king Benge for entrepreneurship, Cythia Anyeza for Education, and Andrew Ojara for for Self-improvement.
The company also recently rolled out an educational program and has since recruited some of the best and brightest recent graduates to account for 50 per cent of its staff compliment in its market.
“These ambitions young professionals, who yearn for recognition and career advancement are at the forefront of some of our most disruptive and next generation digital products and services” said Mr. John Ndego, CEO Vodafone Uganda.
