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TIC TAC Weekend Camp empowers girls from Brasilia with digital skills

July 31, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICTs for education, Youth and children

On June 23 and 24, the TIC TAC Weekend Camp gathered a group of 80 middle-school girls from Brasilia to learn digital skills for storytelling and software development. The event was organized by Serpro at the Centro Educacional do Lago…

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Digital skills training for women and children in Philippines

July 30, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Women and girls, Youth and children

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of Philippines released an announcement highlighting two digital inclusion trainings launched amid the National Information and Communications (NICT) Month 2018. The two courses were named “Women and Mobile: Bridging the Gender Gap”…

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Web & App Accessibility eBook released to guide organizational strategy to develop products that address the needs of persons with disabilities

July 26, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Persons with disabilities

UsableNet released a free web and app accessibility eBook explaining the steps to develop accessible products throughout four steps: plan and communicate, test and audit, fix and verify, maintain, train and document. Each of the chapters contains key considerations and…

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Telefónica releases second digital manifesto calling for public-private collaboration to drive digital inclusion

July 25, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy

Telefónica launched a new digital manifesto calling for public-private collaboration to boost digital inclusion, adaptation of social and economic policies to the digital era, and greater commitment from global internet platforms. The document comes after the first edition of the…

Coding for Employment to empower African youth with innovation and digital skills

Coding for Employment to empower African youth with innovation and digital skills

July 24, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

During the Africa Innovation Summit 2018, the African Development Bank (AfDB) in cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook, announced the launch of the Coding for Employment Program (CEP). This initiative will prepare youth from the continent with skills…

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Six new Vive Digital Kiosks will enable indigenous peoples from Colombia to learn digital skills

July 23, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples

Six new Vive Digital Kiosks were launched in El Caimo community of Armenia, Colombia. These digital skills hubs are intended to provide indigenous peoples with access to the benefits of information and communication technologies. Currently, around 600 people have access…

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Close to 70% Ivorian women enlisted for Orange Foundation’s Digital Homes program are now certified digital entrepreneurs

July 20, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

Orange Foundation Ivory Coast announced that close to 70% of the beneficiaries of the Digital Homes (Maisons Digitales) program for vulnerable women entrepreneurs finished the course and received certificates for their accomplishment. Out of a goal of empowering 1,000 women…

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Meet the finalists of UK’s Tech4Good Awards 2018 in the Digital Skills category

July 19, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

The finalists for UK’s AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards 2018 annual competition were announced. This event evaluates projects that leverage digital technology to improve people’s lives. The four projects competing for the Digital Skills Award are: CodeYourFuture is a free 6-month program…

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GirlCode launches competition to grow women-owned small and medium tech organizations in South Africa

July 17, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

GirlCode is a South African organization created in 2014 to empower girls and young women through technology. This social enterprise was first created as a women only hackathon and has grown into multiple supportive programs to promote digital skills advancement…

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NITDA announced the establishment of 83 digital job creation centers in Nigeria through 2018

July 17, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship

During the 24th Annual Information Technology Professionals Assembly of the Computers Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) announced that they intent to establish 83 digital job creation centers (with a minimum of 15 computers…

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