Leading Companies Across EMEA Choose Coursera for Business to Build Skills for the Future
September 02 2021 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Signed up 54 new enterprise customers in the
region; Enterprise enrollment up 44.3% YoY
Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR), one of the world’s leading online
learning platforms, today announces several new enterprise
customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In the first
half of 2021, more than 130 companies across the region launched,
renewed or expanded their enterprise learning programs using
Coursera for Business. The growth represents 54 new customers,
including Lycamobile, Checkatrade, Eurowag, and Scania.
According to PwC’s 2021 Global CEO Survey, a ‘skilled, educated
and adaptable workforce’ is now a top business imperative for CEOs
across EMEA. Coursera for Business is helping companies address
these needs by providing job-based skills development to employees.
In the first half of the year, enrollment in EMEA increased by
44.3% year-on-year as companies doubled down on their digital
transformation efforts, including demand for technology, data
science, and business skills.
“The business landscape is changing at an unprecedented rate,
driven by increasing automation and adoption of digital
technologies,” said Anthony Tattersall, Vice President of EMEA at
Coursera. “We are excited to partner with leading companies across
EMEA and bring new innovations to better prepare workers for the
new economy.”
New offerings like Academies and SkillSets have
further advanced the enterprise learning experience delivered
through Coursera for Business. These resources are helping
organizations target the right skills for their employees while
benchmarking and measuring the impact of their upskilling
efforts.
In EMEA, WPP’s AI Academy, for example, is upskilling the
workforce with critical digital skills, helping agencies like
Mindshare and Xaxis drive greater value for customers. The
Academies are powered by recent platform innovations known as
SkillSets. These are expert-curated, AI-driven content
recommendations that help employees develop specific skills for
specific roles. Ericsson and Sber are among the first to adopt
SkillSets in EMEA.
‘Our partnership with Coursera adds to our employees’ seamless
learning experience, enriching customer, technical and
human-centric skills and contributing to personal and professional
growth,' said Navanit Narayan, Lyca Group CEO.
‘As part of our digital transformation journey, we are delighted
to partner with Coursera to support our employees in their
upskilling and reskilling journey,’ said Rowan Laurence,
Engineering Director at Checkatrade.
In a world that’s changing rapidly, every organisation has a
role to play in bridging the skills-gap. By partnering with
Coursera, organisations across EMEA are showing their commitment to
helping employees develop high-demand skills needed for the
workforce of the future. Learn more about Coursera for
Business today.
About Coursera
Coursera was launched in 2012 by two Stanford Computer Science
professors, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, with a mission to provide
universal access to world-class learning. It is now one of the
largest online learning platforms in the world, with 87 million
registered learners as of June 30, 2021. Coursera partners with
over 200 leading university and industry partners to offer a broad
catalog of content and credentials, including courses,
Specializations, Professional Certificates, Guided Projects, and
bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Institutions around the world use
Coursera to upskill and reskill their employees, citizens, and
students in fields such as data science, technology, and business.
Coursera became a B Corp in February 2021.
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