{"id":586,"date":"2017-06-05T10:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T09:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/?page_id=586"},"modified":"2017-07-04T15:33:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T14:33:43","slug":"dna-main-event-partner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/dna-main-event-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"D-NA \u2013 Main Event Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div id=\"x-section-1\"  class=\"x-section\"  style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px; background-color: transparent;\"   ><div  class=\"x-container max width\"  style=\"margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;\"   ><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(-45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><hr  class=\"x-gap\" style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"x-img x-img-thumbnail\"  src=\"http:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DNA-600x400-v2a.gif\" ><a  class=\"x-btn x-btn-regular x-btn-block\"  href=\"http:\/\/innovation-africa.com\/2017\/partners-sponsors\/\"     data-options=\"thumbnail: ''\"><i  class=\"x-icon mvn mln mrs x-icon-hand-o-right\" data-x-icon=\"&#xf0a4;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Back to Summit Partners<\/a><\/div><div  class=\"x-column x-sm x-2-3\" style=\"padding: 0px;opacity: 0; transform: translate(45px, 0); transition-duration: 750ms;\" data-x-element=\"column\" data-x-params=\"{&quot;fade&quot;:true}\" data-fade=\"true\"><div  class=\"x-text cs-ta-justify\"    ><p>The \u201cIBM Digital &#8211; Nation Africa\u201d, is a \u201cfree to access\u201d cloud-based learning platform offering digital skills development. 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