ICMA Digital
The digital-first career development arm of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, a professional body with 7,500 qualified members and 20,000+ students on their way to become qualified professional accountants.
Developing Workforce of the Future in Digital-First Careers
69 million jobs of future are projected to emerge in the next 5 years*. Large scale job growth is expected in education, emerging technologies skills (e.g., AI & Machine Learning, Data Science/Analytics, Data Engineering, Digital Transformation, and Cybersecurity) and digital commerce and trade. This is projected to create a significant digital skills gap in the Global North.
While in the past, companies brought people to work, technological advances are increasingly causing a shift towards remote work and geographically distributed teams.
A combination of the projected digital skills gap and an increasing acceptance of the use of distributed teams in the Global North is creating new digital export opportunities for the Global South.
We aspire to motivate the top quartile of young adults in the Global South to develop their professional careers in digital-first careers that can help them become a part of the global supply chain for digital skills. Additionally, our ambition is to play a pivotal role in enhancing digital skills of working professionals in the private and public sectors.
*Source: World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report – May 2023
Our Courses
Digital-First Chartered
Management Accountant (CMA)
Digital-First Chartered Management Accountant (CMA)
A 4.5-year career pathway for gaining a master’s degree equivalent CMA qualification. This digital-first CMA qualification will equip a learner with job-ready skills in digital & emerging technologies and accountancy, emphasizing the critical integration of digital skills in today’s management accounting profession.
Certified Digital
Professional (CDP)
Certified Digital Professional (CDP)
A 4-year pathway for gaining a professional qualification focused on one of the six digital-first career options – data analytics, data science & AI, cybersecurity, project management, digital marketing, and UX design. Whichever the choice, the CDP qualification will develop job-ready skills to help the student develop a rewarding career by providing digital services to global clients remotely.
Certificates & Diploma
Programs
Certificates & Diploma Programs
We offer 6 – 12 months certification and diploma courses. The certificate course is designed for high school students in their final two years to help differentiate their university applications. The digital career specialization diplomas are focused on the final year university students in a non-tech degree subject and working-professionals interested in augmenting their skills to start a digital-first career.
Learning Content Providers
Coursera
Coursera offers 5400+ courses from 275+ top universities and industry partners from Yale to Duke, HEC to ISB, and Google to IBM to help transform higher education.
Our Distinctive
Hybrid Learning Approach
Given the objective of gaining international acceptability of ICMA Digital certifications, we have adopted Transnational Education (TNE) approach.
In partnership with internationally credible players, we use global learning content that is taught by an international faculty member or a subject- specialist from the industry.
Accounting & finance subjects are taught in a traditional face-to-face class format. Modelled on international benchmarks, learning of digital skills takes place using live-online classes in which a cohort of learners meet on pre-agreed dates with their assigned subject-matter expert coach.
What sets us apart is our focus on developing job-ready skills. The use of hands-on projects play an important role in developing these skills.
