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UNESCO and Huawei announce partnership to improve digital skills and the application of AI in East Africa

UNESCO and Huawei announce partnership to improve digital skills and the application of AI in East Africa

November 15, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

The UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa and Huawei announced a new partnership to improve digital skills in Africa and explore the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), under the auspices of Huawei’s digital inclusion…

£1.3 million awarded to 15 digital skills projects in the UK through ‘Power Up’ initiative

£1.3 million awarded to 15 digital skills projects in the UK through ‘Power Up’ initiative

November 12, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship

The Good Things Foundation and J.P. Morgan have awarded grants totalling £1.3 million to 15 community-based projects in the UK aimed at closing the digital skills gap. The ultimate goal of this ‘Power Up’ initiative is to drive economic and social inclusion…

Orange opens new Digital Center in Dakar, Senegal

Orange opens new Digital Center in Dakar, Senegal

November 8, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

Orange inaugurated a new Digital Center in Dakar, Senegal, on 24 October, the second such center on the African continent and the first in West Africa. Orange Digital Centers are an international network of spaces for countries to share experiences…

ITU report on global digital connectivity finds gender digital gap is growing

ITU report on global digital connectivity finds gender digital gap is growing

November 5, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Women and girls

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for ICTs, has released Measuring digital development: Facts and figures 2019 , a new report offering a snapshot of the state of digital connectivity around the world. The report found that…

Qatar IT Conference and Exhibition 2019 organized under the theme of ‘safe smart cities’

Qatar IT Conference and Exhibition 2019 organized under the theme of ‘safe smart cities’

November 2, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Persons with disabilities, Seniors

The Qatar Information Technology Conference & Exhibition (QITCOM) took place from 29 October to 1 November 2019 under the theme “Safe Smart Cities”. One of the topics highlighted by this year’s event was the importance of digital inclusion in the…

Local government in the UK awarded funds for digital inclusion projects

Local government in the UK awarded funds for digital inclusion projects

October 29, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Digital Literacy, ICT infrastructure, Indigenous peoples, Persons with disabilities, Seniors, Youth and children

The Local Government Association (LGA, the national membership body for local authorities in the UK) will disburse close to £200,000 to ten councils to fund initiatives which promote digital inclusion in their local communities. The supported projects focus on reaching…

International Congress of Technology and Tourism for Diversity takes place in Málaga, Spain from 23 to 25 October 2019

International Congress of Technology and Tourism for Diversity takes place in Málaga, Spain from 23 to 25 October 2019

October 25, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility

The third International Congress of Technology and Tourism for Diversity is being held in Málaga, Spain from 23 to 25 October 2019 to showcase initiatives and projects in the field of technology and tourism which promote respect for diversity and the inclusion of…

Diverse people using their phones

Australian Digital Inclusion Index shows affordability is key barrier to inclusion

October 22, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Remote/underserved areas, Seniors, Youth and children

The fourth Australian Digital Inclusion Index (DII) has found that affordability remains a major barrier to digital inclusion, and that Australians with low levels of income, education, and employment are significantly less digitally included.  The index measures Australians’ online participation through…

Malaysia to establish National Digital Inclusion Council

October 18, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure

The Malaysian government will establish a National Digital Inclusion Council, with the aim of creating more equal income opportunities in the country’s digital economy. The creation of the Council fits with the government’s stated aim and vision of ‘Shared Prosperity’,…

Gates Foundation identifies tech ‘trinity’ for digital inclusion, lauds tech-powered Indian subsidy programme empowering women

Gates Foundation identifies tech ‘trinity’ for digital inclusion, lauds tech-powered Indian subsidy programme empowering women

October 15, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Remote/underserved areas, Uncategorized, Women and girls

In the 2019 edition of their annual Goalkeepers Data Report, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation identify a trinity of technologies as key for digital inclusion and reduced inequalities: bank accounts, mobile phones and biometric identification. The government of India has…

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