UK Institute of Coding funds universities to enhance children’s digital skills
Welsh universities Cardiff and Swansea will receive £1.2 million pounds to support UK’s Institute of Coding to provide programming training in schools, colleges and communities. This organization was set up by the UK government to bring together experts and technology…
Orange Botswana launches second Women Digital Center in Molepolole village
Orange Botswana opened its second Women Digital Center in Molepolole village to promote digital inclusion for women and girls in remote regions. The technology hub is intended to provide women from the area with access to digital resources, better education…
Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning will help to drive ICT education policy in Kigali, Rwanda
Mastercard Foundation launched “Young Africa Works” program in Kigali, Rwanda to create 20 million jobs for youth during the next five years. As one of the main components of this plan, the foundation announced the creation of the first Center…
The guide to digital inclusion for recruiters provides recommendations to improve accessibility for job seekers
A new report generated by Recite Me and VERCIDA indicates that only one out of three jobseekers thinks that employers and recruiters currently make job applications accessible for persons with disabilities. The survey seeks to raise awareness among organizations about…
Kazakhstan digital literacy plan sets goals for 2022
The Ministry of Information and Communication in Kazakhstan developed a plan to spread digital literacy to up to 83% of the population by 2022. This initiative is part of Digital Kazakhstan’s national program, which allocates the responsibility of improving digital…
Microsoft and Tech4Dev’s digital literacy training to be extended in Edo state, Nigeria
Edo state’s government in Nigeria concluded plans to partner with Microsoft and Tech4Dev to provide training for 50,000 youth on digital literacy skills as part of a state policy plan to create thousands of jobs. On April 16, the state…
Maharat min Google program to provide digital skills training in Arab-speaking countries
New Maharat min Google (Building Capabilities with Google) program was launched to provide online digital skills training for young women in Arabic. The initiative is aimed to provide youth from Arab-speaking countries with access to educational contents that enable them…
National Computer Board of Mauritius sends two caravans to teach digital skills for seniors
A new digital literacy training program for seniors was launched at the Lady Sushil Ramgoolam Recreational Center in Mauritius. Three workshops were offered to participants in mobile laboratories that will continue touring other recreational centers: ICT Literacy Course, IC3 Course…
French government will finance digital skills training for 10,000 youth
The French Minister of Labor announced that the government will sponsor training for 10,000 youth to boost their digital skills and land in technology related jobs. 10 KNUM program forms part of the Investment Plan for Competencies (Plan d’investissent dans…
Research from Indian Institute of Management studies on adoption of digital technologies in Rajasthan, India
A group of students from the Indian Institute of Management in Udaipur, India, conducted a research project about adoption of digital technologies in rural villages. The team contacted 1,250 persons in 104 villages across the districts of south Rajasthan to…