Start Now Computer Training Institute for the Visually Impaired Celebrates One Year of Service
Recently, the Start Now Computer Training Institute in Gambia, which teaches visually impaired high school graduates and young people ICT skills, celebrated its first year anniversary. Start Now has trained more than 15 visually impaired students in such skills. In…
More Than 7,000 Ghanaian Youth Learn ICT
Soul Food Information Communication Technology College, part of Soul Food Ministries International, has taught ICT skills to 7,150 young people in the past five years. The training problem, called “Free For All,” has held 15 graduation ceremonies since it began,…
IT Bootcamp for Singaporean Seniors and Young People
More than 420 seniors registered for Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore’s (IDA)six-day Intergenerational IT Bootcamp, starting March 16, and taking place at 13 schools. Grandchildren of participants and other youth volunteers between ages 10 and 16 assisted seniors in learning…
Get Online Week 2015: Digital Inclusion and Employment in Europe
Telecentre Europe and other telecentres, non-profit organisations and libraries are working to make every European digitally literate to promote civic engagement and employment. To this end, Telecentre Europe celebrated European Get Online Week (GOW) between March 23 and 27, targeted…
Upcoming eLearning Africa Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training
eLearning Africa’s 2015 conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, between May 20 and May 22, 2015, will focus on the impact of ICTs for education on rural economies in Africa. This annual conference, held this year at the…
eLearning to Empower Kenyan Women
Until recently, businesswomen in Kenya have faced a common challenge: they have been unable to access markets outside of their community. The Uwezo fund in Kenya seeks to economically empower women, helping the 45% of Kenyans living at or below…
Digital School Togo
‘Digital School Togo’ (ENT, ‘Ecole Numérique Togo’) aims to include digital technology in education in the West African country. The initiative is currently in its pilot phase and started at the LETP, a state high school in Aného-Glidji. Togo’s education…
