The Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation is offering free robotics, computing and entrepreneurship courses for children in Yucatán state. From July 10 to August 28, these workshops will address the curiosity of children over 8 years old at “Puntos…
The government of New York City announced the creation of its first smart city Neighborhood Innovation Lab in Brooklyn to provide tech education and digital skills to youth from the region. It is projected that the initiative reach 1,000 youths…
The Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations launched a new “911 SOS” mobile application to address the needs of persons with disabilities. This program targets citizens with hearing, visual and speaking impairments. In order to send a signal for support, the…
Six African startups received grants from Microsoft’s Affordable Access Initiative to implement their projects for increasing access to internet services in their regions. The winners of these grants will receive seed funding and will be included in a network of…
The Better Connections program is an initiative organized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) in Qatar to provide ICT tools and teach digital skills to migrant workers in order to help them enhance their job opportunities, keep in…
One of the main challenges of programs relating to digital inclusion is to follow up on the projects of participants. In the case of Tigo Digital Changemakers competition, a note was recently published sharing the story of Josephine, cowinner of…
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of United Arab Emirates organized an Innovation Camp for youth to learn ICT skills from July 9 to August 10, 2017. The event is meant to provide students with knowledge of tools for their future and…
General Electric’s campaign launched in February 2017 aims to get 20,000 women hired for STEM related jobs in USA by 2020 in order to achieve a 50% gender balance in entry-level technical programs. Through this initiative, the organization seeks to…
Paul Thairu, a 36-year-old physics and mathematics teacher from Loreto Kiambu Girls High School in Kenya was recently recognized by the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology for finding innovative ways to integrate ICT teaching into his curriculum. His main…
Next September 2017, the State Library of Queensland and Telstra telecommunications company will launch a digital literacy training program for Australian indigenous communities. The main objective of this program is to provide people from remote areas of Queensland state with…