DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & HUMAN CAPITAL
Building Madagascar’s Digital Talent Ecosystem
Madagascar Digital Skills
International Finance Corporation (IFC) | 2023–2024 · Antananarivo, Madagascar
The Challenge
Bridging the gap between digital ambition and workforce readiness.
Digital transformation is not simply a question of technology. It depends on developing the right capabilities, connecting education with economic opportunities, and creating the conditions for long-term change.
In Madagascar, the challenge was to establish a strategic foundation for developing advanced digital skills, strengthening local training capabilities and preparing talent for opportunities in the digital economy.
Our Contribution
Connecting international expertise with local realities to turn strategy into action.
Code H® co-led an international consortium alongside Tecnológico de Monterrey and Marsh, bringing together expertise in strategy, education, workforce development and institutional collaboration.
The assignment involved translating Madagascar’s digital skills ambitions into an actionable strategy, structured learning pathways and recommendations for implementation.
What We Delivered
A roadmap, learning pathways and a framework for action.
| 01 — A Digital Skills Roadmap | 02 — Learning Pathways | 03 — Implementation Strategy |
| A strategic roadmap identifying priority digital competencies and providing a structured direction for skills development aligned with Madagascar’s evolving economic needs. | Designed learning pathways and curricula to develop advanced digital capabilities, complemented by transversal skills essential to employability and professional development. | Strategic and operational recommendations outlining how to translate the roadmap into action, including considerations for training delivery, institutional collaboration, partnerships and long-term sustainability. |
The Broader Ambition
Building lasting capabilities for Madagascar’s digital future.
The initiative was designed to support the development of Madagascar’s digital talent ecosystem, with program targets of approximately 5,700 learners and 300 trainers.
Through these deliverables, the consortium provided a strategic and educational foundation to guide subsequent implementation.
The Code H® Perspective
International expertise. Local intelligence. Strategies grounded in reality.
Effective transformation requires more than sound methodologies and ambitious strategies. It requires understanding the environments in which those strategies must work.
Code H® brought a distinctive combination of capabilities to this assignment.
With a background in international consulting, including experience at Willis Towers Watson, Code H®’s founder brought a strong understanding of workforce analysis, job benchmarking and the methodologies underpinning skills and talent strategies. Previous professional experience in Mexico also provided familiarity with the context of the consortium’s Mexican partners.
Equally important was an in-depth understanding of Madagascar — its institutions, private sector, education system, cultural dynamics and the challenges faced by local talent. This knowledge helped bridge the gap between international frameworks and realities on the ground, informing recommendations that were not only strategically sound but also contextually relevant and practical to implement.
Fluency in English, French and Malagasy, combined with a working understanding of Spanish, helped bridge linguistic and cultural differences across the international consortium, the client and local stakeholders — facilitating communication, mutual understanding and effective collaboration.
The value of this combination lies in connecting worlds that do not always understand one another — and ensuring that ambitious strategies remain grounded in the realities of the people and institutions expected to bring them to life.
Complex challenges deserve different perspectives.
Let’s explore what we could accomplish together.
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