Upskilling key to bridging the digital gender divide in business, workplace

The workplace is already experiencing a sea change going by the World Economic Forum’s estimate that 50 percent of all employees will need reskilling by 2025 due to the adoption of new technology and that some two million new jobs would be created in the computer, mathematical, architecture and engineering fields.

Back in 2018, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development predicted that 90 percent of future jobs would require ICT skills by 2020.