(Ecofin Agency) - France-based digital communication agency Atnetplanet will open in May 2016 a subsidiary in South Africa.

In the framework of its arrival in South Africa, Atnetplanet will invest in educational training. This year, it will sponsor the education of 2 South African students enrolled in the new WeThinkCode School in Johannesburg. The training will be carried out in partnership with Ecole 42 founded by Xavier Niel, Vice-President and deputy director of strategy at Iliad, owner of Free, the Internet Service Provider, and Free Mobile, mobile telephony operator. Xavier Niel also co-owns the group that edits the French newspaper, “Le Monde”.

By investing in education, Atnetplanet plans to provide ICT-related skills in market where it will need, undoubtedly, need them. The French agency provides counseling, strategy, Facebook application development, websites, content creation for social networks, Community management, media purchase, web analysis, graphical creation, etc.