Alibaba Business School’s Global Digital Talent (GDT) program has chosen iACADEMY, a Makati-based school, to implement its digital and e-commerce-driven business college courses.
In an online media briefing, Zhou Yong, Secretary General of GDT Network said they picked iACADEMY for it is “one of the famous private educational institutions in the Philippines.”
“They also share with us the same mission—to contribute to the digital transformation of the Philippines,” said Yong, who was joined by Matthew Gong, Global e-Commerce Talent (GET) Program Director of Alibaba Group.
Alibaba said its GDT Network is part of its mission to make it easy for the technology company to do business anywhere.
Vanessa Tanco, President and CEO, iACADEMY, said that under the program, the GDT team will train the professors of iACADEMY with its e-commerce courseware that will be incorporated in iACADEMY’s business course subjects.
Established in October 2008, the Alibaba Business School is currently focused on implementing Alibaba Group’s e-commerce training and education system, which has in the past decade nurtured millions of e-commerce practitioners and entrepreneurs.
Meanwhile, iACADEMY, a school known for its specialized courses on Computing, Business, and Design, has also inked partnerships with several international companies over the past few years in a bid to position the school as a major player in digital transformation and innovative education.
Just last year iACADEMY was designated Center of Excellence in Asia by one of the biggest animation software providers, the first partner school of the world’s cloud computing giant company and a curriculum development partner of one of the top accounting firms in the world.
As the school starts its new school year, it also opened its doors to another international partnership, which it said, will be a “game changer.”
“We are honored to be the first school in the Philippines to implement this program with the Alibaba Business School. This is just one of the many initiatives that iACADEMY will be pushing as we strengthen our international presence and linkages,” said Tanco.
For her part, Cecilia Sy, iACADEMY’s Vice President for Academic Affairs said the Alibaba GDT Program will add value to the business courses in iACADEMY.
“This will further cement our position as an ever-dynamic and innovative business school in the Philippines,” she said.
This month, iACADEMY has signed a partnership with Alibaba Business School to implement the program that will enable and empower students and entrepreneurs and allow them to maximize the potential of digital technologies for business growth. Based on the framework of the Alibaba Business School, the GET program was established to collaborate with universities and training institutions worldwide to train talents for the digital economy.
Partner educational institutions like iACADEMY, as one of its newest members in the Alibaba GDT Network, will get to carry out its GDT Program Curriculum where students will be trained and acquire knowledge on digital economy and digital entrepreneurship.