Grameenphone launches ‘GP Academy’ in partnership with Telenor, Cisco

Committed to building a future-ready Bangladesh through empowering the youth, Grameenphone has launched “GP Academy,” a future skills academy to prepare the young minds for the digital future through an exciting journey of transformative upskilling.

The newfound GP Academy aims to train Bangladesh’s vast and promising young population to help them prepare for the future industry, according to a press statement.

GP Academy courses offer augmented academic knowledge from the classrooms to prepare young minds for the next stages of their career.

Chief guest Dulal Krishna Saha, executive chairman (secretary), National Skills Development Authority, expressed his full support for this unique initiative from Grameenphone.

Cecilie Heuch, EVP and chief people and sustainability officer, Telenor ASA, also mentioned the potential of such an academy.

Yasir Azman, CEO Grameenphone, said, “At Grameenphone, we aspire to unleash the true potential of youth in Bangladesh, through our tech, innovation and social impact projects. We have been striving to enable youth with critical digital competencies through our different upskilling platforms.”

Fakhruddin Ahmed, country general manager, Cisco, Bangladesh, said, “We are excited about the partnership with Telenor and Grameenphone and the possibilities it beholds by leveraging Cisco’s Networking Academy.”

A launch event was held on Wednesday at the GP House.

With in-depth training in areas of 4IR specialisations, paired with business strategy, value creation, team management, and more – GP Academy trainees are groomed to push their boundaries beyond traditional norms to stand tall in local and global markets for skilled talent.