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News of a significant Developer Academy happening from Apple. iMore highlights a report from Khaleej Times covering the company’s “first-ever all-female Academy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.” The academy is said to be “Apple’s first coding institution in the Middle East region,” run in “partnership with the Saudi Federation for Cyber Security, Programming and Drones…”
Like Apple’s other Developer Academies, this one’s not just about the coding. Students will also get instruction on marketing, project management, entrepreneurship, and more. The plan is to move more than 600 women through the Academy per-year. Some of that will be through 30-day starter courses, with the rest devoted to programs as long as 10-months.
The story quotes Susan Prescott, VP of Education and Enterprise Marketing for Apple, saying that the company was “excited to welcome the first class of women to the Apple Developer Academy facility,” and that Apple's App Store ecosystem “gives anyone with an idea the opportunity to design and build incredible new apps that can change the world.”
