UNESCO and Pearson released Guidelines for Designing Inclusive Digital Solutions and Developing Digital Skills
UNESCO and Pearson launched a series of “Guidelines for Designing Inclusive Digital Solutions and Developing Digital Skills” to commemorate International Literacy Day. The document is intended to support private organizations, NGOs, international organizations and governments to understand what factors to…
G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting results in a declaration to address the challenges of the digital economy
In late August 2018, member countries of the G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting in Salta, Argentina, released a declaration recognizing the role of different stakeholders in addressing the challenges of the digital economy. In the declaration, there is a section…
Solar-powered mobile computer lab provides digital training for youth in rural India
Edimpact, an education technology organization based in Jharkhand, India, developed a mobile computer lab that is powered by solar energy. The aim of this project is to provide digital literacy training for youth in rural regions that commonly lack basic…
Internet Saathi has provided digital skills training for over 17 million women in Indian villages
Google India and Tata Trusts announced in August 2018 that their Internet Saathi program to raise digital literacy among women in India had already reached over 170,000 villages in 17 states, representing more than 17 million women. According to the…
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…
