both enterprises and governments must strive for closer cooperation and a stronger involvement of firms in the education of young people cisco set out to provide internetbased learning and information technology it skills training in half the world s least developed countries including west african countries benin cote divoire the gambia ghana guineabissau liberia mali mauritania niger senegal and togo in over students aged between and were enrolled throughout west africa yenwa a survey of the ldc initiative conducted in six countries showed that twothirds of respondents found it jobs after completing the programme and that started their own businesses