Billion Talents Africa, corporate L&D by Poornatha

Capability for the world's fastest-growing workforce.

Africa's workforce is growing faster than anywhere else. We help organisations turn that growth into capable managers and teams, starting with what your people actually need, in English and French, at your locations.

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3 in 4new working-age people worldwide by 2050 will be in Sub-Saharan Africa1
~25Mjobs needed in the region every year until 20501
English & FrenchProgrammes in the languages your teams work in
L0 to L6From frontline teams to senior leaders

1. World Bank projections for Sub-Saharan Africa, as reported by the World Economic Forum and Nairametrics.

The questions we start with

The same four patterns show up in African workplaces.

Growth puts new people into management roles fast. Before we propose a programme, we ask which of these you are seeing.

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Managers who avoid difficult conversations

02

Teams that wait to be told

03

Frontline staff who complete transactions, but not experiences

04

Mid-level leaders who know the strategy but cannot move their people

How we work in Africa

The same approach, built for your market.

A team of professionals meeting around a long table with laptops
  • Diagnose firstSurveys, interviews and observation on the ground, before any programme is designed.
  • English and FrenchContent and examples built locally, in the language your teams work in.
  • Every levelIgnite, Elevate and Ascend tracks, from frontline teams to senior leaders.
  • Learning that continuesReinforcement after every session, on the learning app.

See our approach or explore the three tracks.

Already on the ground

Poornatha's work in Africa so far.

Our first programmes in Africa have been with entrepreneurs and SMEs. Billion Talents brings the same simple, immersive and practical approach to corporate teams.

Senegal · Dakar

Poornatha's first pilot outside India

Run with MADE and IAM TECH, in French, with locally contextualised case material. Topics included financial management, team building and structured decision-making.

Ghana · Accra

Our first SME programme in Ghana

A pilot at the Stanbic Incubator Ghana, in English, for 45 entrepreneurs from manufacturing, trading, retail and construction.

45entrepreneurs

Building capable teams in Africa?

Speak to us for a programme designed around your market, your levels and your people's language.

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