Djibouti to train 200 young people in cybersecurity and networking with Francophonie body 🇩🇯 💻

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Two hundred young Djiboutians are set to be trained for digital careers under D-CLIC, a program run by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), the body that brings together French-speaking countries. The agreement, signed on October 6 with Djibouti’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training, offers two tracks: web and mobile development, and network infrastructure and cybersecurity. The pitch is clear: put technical skills at the center of young people’s job prospects, with particular attention to securing digital systems.

Digital skills meet a jobs problem 📊

According to a World Bank report presented in May 2026, around 46% of Djiboutians aged 16 to 24 are neither in school, nor employed, nor in training, a group known internationally as NEET. Technical skills look like one way to ease their move into working life. D-CLIC aims to address that gap with short, certified courses geared toward digital jobs.

From app development to network security 💻

The two tracks cover complementary ground. Web and mobile development includes application design, databases, application programming interfaces (APIs), the connectors that let apps exchange data, and mobile technologies.

The second track focuses on administering network infrastructure and securing it. It covers the equipment and systems that keep digital services running, along with the tools needed to protect them.

Together, the tracks map out the technology chain: building applications, managing data, keeping information flowing and protecting the infrastructure behind online services. Cybersecurity becomes one pillar of the offer, alongside software development and network administration.

D-CLIC keeps expanding in Djibouti 🚀

The program builds on work the OIF has already done in the country. The organization says it has trained 200 young people in web development and graphic design since 2022, and an earlier agreement launched a cohort of 100 participants in 2023.

This new phase widens the offer to network infrastructure and cybersecurity. It also lines up with Djibouti’s digital transformation priorities, which give a role to training, infrastructure development and telecom-related jobs.

Beyond software development, the initiative targets skills to design, run and secure digital services. What remains to be seen is how far the training will open doors to real job opportunities.

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