MainOne Wants Girls to Code
For the second year in a row, MainOne is sponsoring the Women Technology Empowerment Center’s Technology Camp. This camp is two-weeks long and features digital education and mentoring intended to inspire girls’ interest in ICT from an early age. Temitope…
First Sunshine Coat Startup Weekend for Youth
Australia’s first Startup Weekend Youth Sunshine Coast will take place between August 21 and 23. The weekend will be filled with hands-on activities to teach participants from South East Queensland, in years 10 to 12, business skills. This includes the…
New Digital Strategic Plan for Thailand Includes Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
Thailand will spend the next 6 months developing a new Digital Economy Strategic Plan under the Digital Economy Committee, led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The plan, intended to replace the current ICT master plan, contains the following five sections:…
Annual mBillionth Awards for Apps to Help Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities
The mBillionth Awards are annual awards for mobile applications in South Asia. The Digital Empowerment Foundation set the jury of industry, media, government, and academic professionals to decide on 24 winners in 10 categories, among the 320 nominees from five…
Women in IT Increasing in New Zealand
The number of women in technology in New Zealand has increased 2% since 2013, bringing the number to 21% of total IT employment according to Absolute IT. While this is an improvement, 79% of the IT workforce is still male…
Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015
Last week, Kenya hosted the annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which brought entrepreneurs, business professionals, government officials (including U.S. President Barack Obama, a co-host), and celebrities (such as singer, Akon) to the country’s capital for the weekend. The event gathered many…
Making the Tech Revolution Accessible
26-year-old Indonesian entrepreneur, Rizky Ario, is working to make ICTs accessible to all people, including those with disabilities. His social enterprise is called dreamBender, a company through which he developed Isara, “an open sign language dictionary and learning application.” Its…
