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By Asia Education Review Team , Thursday, 14 December 2023

Lumify Work collaborates with IBPAP to upskill IT experts: Philippines

  • With Information and Communications Technology gaining popularity in Philippines, there is now greater demand for its practitioners to be globally competitive. With this objective in mind, Lumify Work and Business Process Association of the Philippines have collaborated to provide skills and certification to the industry’s professionals with learning tools and best practices accepted globally. Lumify, a joint venture between the Aboitiz Group and Australia-based EdventureCo., is a pioneer in IT and process training services with a global presence and a reserve of world-class, certified instructors.

    With Lumify’s involvement, IBPAP hopes that the country’s ICT sector can shift to high-value services by attracting qualified professionals, boosting their global competitiveness and creating a sustainable learning ecosystem that constantly yields high-value professionals. In the generation of evolving skill requirements amid the AI-driven landscape, it is crucial to enhance and empower the workforce for the skills of the future, said IBPAP CEO Jack Madrid. IBPAP has been at the forefront of developing the country’s information technology, and business process management industry by uniting with government agencies, academic institutions and related stakeholders.

    "This partnership with Lumify resonates with our commitment to enable and equip the labour force with higher-value tasks as we drive the industry ahead in the era of innovation and AI", highlights Madrid. Lumify has been leading the IT training services sector of the Australasia region for 30 years. Since it entered the country in 2019, it has served as the learning partner of preference for high-profile institutions such as Smart, PLDT, SM, Asian Development Bank, Unionbank, Metrobank, BDO, San Miguel, Aboitiz Group, Meralco and the Department of Information and Communication Technology, among others.