1,000 youth and adults from Buenos Aires will learn how to use technology to grow their businesses
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
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…
International conference to boost digital inclusion and tech education in Egypt
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…
CGI and Nasscom Foundation launched Digital Literacy Center in Bangalore, India
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…
African Girls Can Code Initiative 2018-2022 to bridge the regional gender divide
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…
Google Digital Garage will start a bus tour to bring digital skills training for small businesses and charities in Scotland
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…
The Digital Literacy Alliance funds 12 projects to bridge the digital divide in Philadelphia, USA
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
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…
