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Young trainees graduate from ICT skills program in Nzema, Ghana

August 17, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICTs for education, Youth and children

Trainees from the three districts of Nzema, Ghana, received completion certificates for participating in the E-Royals Information Technology Center training for young women and girls. The program consisted in an eight-month intensive training focused on enhancing local youth ICT skills…

Huawei ICT contest calls on Kenyan college students to participate

August 16, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Youth and children

Huawei launched an ICT competition for college students in Kenya to showcase their digital literacy skills. The project intends to boost the interest of youth in using technology to innovate thus becoming better prepared to share their capabilities on a…

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Online digital literacy training to support young Pakistani entrepreneurs

August 16, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

DigiSkills and Virtual University launched a free online digital literacy training for students in Pakistan. The course is intended to support young entrepreneurs from the country to learn technology skills that enable them to grow their businesses and increase productivity….

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Pwani Teknowgalz teaches coding to girls to bridge the gender digital divide

August 14, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Digital Literacy, Women and girls, Youth and children

An article from Tech Weez introduced Ruth Kaveke, co-founder and executive director at Pwani Teknowgalz a non-profit organization which aims to bridge the gender STEM divide in Kenya. The organization is recognized for training over 800 girls in high schools…

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The British Council will invest 10 million GBP to build up digital skills for youth in Western Balkans

August 13, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Youth and children

The UK’s Foreign Ministry announced that the government would invest 10 million GBP over three years to build digital skills for youth in Western Balkans in order to promote employment opportunities. The funding will be destined to equip over 4,500…

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Colombia’s MinTIC announced the launch of Yoendigital platform to train women entrepreneurs in Bogotá

August 10, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Women and girls

The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC) of Colombia announced the incoming launch of Yoendigital program focused on bridging the gender digital divide in the country. With support from the local Ministry of Women, the Spanish Agency for International…

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Charities and community organizations in UK to receive free digital skills training

August 9, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship

Media Trust and Google UK launched a new training program to provide local charities and community organizations with digital skills training and resources to improve their performance leveraging technological tools. The program is based on the findings of the recent…

Digital literacy training program will benefit 10,000 students and teachers in Rajasthan, India

August 7, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICTs for education, Youth and children

The Department of College Education in Rajasthan, India, allied with Microsoft to train 9,500 students and 500 faculty members from 50 colleges in four months. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), this program will support educators in integrating technology…

Uruguayan government invests in projects to boost digital literacy and accessibility for seniors and children

August 6, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Digital Literacy, Seniors, Youth and children

From 2015 to 2018, the government of Uruguay seeks to have provided up to 230,000 tablets for retired seniors to learn digital skills through more than 4,000 basic workshops in 88 different communities. These achievements respond to the implementation of…

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Public-private partnership teaches digital skills to children from São Paulo, Brazil

August 3, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Youth and children

Qualcomm, São Paulo’s Ministry of Education and + Unidos Group launched a project called RoboLab to train professors from public schools in computational thinking and robotics. The program is intended to expand digital literacy skills for children by means of…

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