Advance your open source career with LPI
LPI is the largest, vendor-neutral, open source professional body in the world whose globally recognise certifications enable our members to advance their careers by providing employers with assurance as to the technical competence and professionalism of our members.
With its world wide community of open source professionals in 180 countries LPI is able to leverage the experience of its members in a range of environments from large enterprises to non-profit and small and medium businesses operating in developing countries to ensure its qualifications provide relevant and needed skills.
LPI Southern Africa
LPI Southern Africa is the master affiliate for LPI in Southern Africa. The Southern Africa region includes:
- South Africa,
- Namibia,
- Botswana,
- Zimbabwe,
- Mozambique,
- Angola,
- Zambia,
- Malawi
Our mission is to assist with economic development and increase the employment opportunities for IT professionals across the region providing relevant skills and levels of professionalism via our members.
The 4th Industrial Revolution & Challenges for Southern Africa
As the 4th industrial revolutions gathers pace LPI aims to ensure our members and certificate holders have the skill necessary to thrive in the new, ever changing environment, and to he;p members assist their regions in benefiting from the opportunities that it brings.
Although the 4th industrial revolution will cause wide-spread disruption in industry and labour market LPI aims to take advantages on the opportunities presented by the disruption and open source technologies to empower our members to acquire relevant and needed skills. Whether these skills are deployed on behalf of employers or by entrepreneurs looking to build the next successful business is up to our members.
