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1,000 youth and adults from Buenos Aires will learn how to use technology to grow their businesses

September 13, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

In August 2018, Facebook launched “Soy Digital” program to provide digital skills training for 1,000 youth and adults from underserved communities in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Participants will learn how to leverage online social platforms, create and share digital content to…

Kenya’s government promotes youth self-employment through digital skills

September 12, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

Bungoma County’s government and the Kenyan Department of ICT launched a training program to empower more than 4,000 youth with online skills and jobs. This initiative was first evaluated as a pilot project supporting 35 youth during July 2018 with…

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International conference to boost digital inclusion and tech education in Egypt

September 10, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

Last July 29-31, the Egyptian ministries of education and technical education, communications and information technology, and higher education and research, collaborated with UK’s Brains Innovation Summits Company to organize Egypt’s MENA Innovation 2018 conference. During the event, Egypt and the…

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CGI and Nasscom Foundation launched Digital Literacy Center in Bangalore, India

September 9, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Remote/underserved areas

CGI and Nasscom Foundation announced the launch of its first Digital Literacy Center in Bangalore, India. The center, located in KR Puram area, will benefit around 1,000 people from underserved regions by providing them with training and access to resources…

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African Girls Can Code Initiative 2018-2022 to bridge the regional gender divide

September 7, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Women and girls

ITU and UN Women, in collaboration with the African Union Commission launched African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) 2018-2022, which consists of a four-year programme to train and empower girls and young women aged 17 to 20 years old with…

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Google Digital Garage will start a bus tour to bring digital skills training for small businesses and charities in Scotland

September 5, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship

In mid-July 2018 another Google Digital Garage was opened in Scotland to provide small businesses and charities from Edinburgh with access to free digital skills and entrepreneurship training. A month later, the organizers announced that the initiative will deploy a…

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The Digital Literacy Alliance funds 12 projects to bridge the digital divide in Philadelphia, USA

September 4, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas, Seniors

The Digital Literacy Alliance awarded close to USD 175,000 to 12 organizations from Philadelphia to provide the population with access to digital skills training. The program is mainly focused on helping seniors, persons with disabilities and population from underserved regions…

Canada Learning Code received a donation to build a computer science curriculum for children in Canada

September 1, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Youth and children

Canada Learning Code, a charity focused on promoting digital literacy education nationally received a donation worth $525,000 USD from Amazon to improve computer science education for children up to the 12th grade. The donation will be used to train 275,000…

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