Colombian Library Bus brings satellite internet to indigenous communities
The Regional Center for Promoting Books in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC in Spanish) developed the Library Bus project to provide indigenous communities from Huila Department, Colombia with access to satellite internet and online contents. The Bibliobus Comfamiliar drives…
Canada leverages indigenous peoples’ talent to grow the digital economy
One of the main strengths of Canada’s National Digital Talent Strategy is that it seeks to leverage the skills of youth from different groups of the population to fulfill its demand for IT labor. The plan contemplates the specific cases…
Everyone can learn digital skills through Gamification
One of the main challenges for democratizing access to digital skills knowledge is to find out the best strategies to spread awareness and teach abilities that are useful for specific groups of population. One example of this is gamification, which…
SoochnaPreneur program to train rural women entrepreneurs in New Delhi, India
The Digital Empowerment Foundation non-profit organization from New Delhi, India, will train 100 rural women entrepreneurs over the year. Participants will receive training in a variety of communication based tools to handle devices, generate content, build platforms and access online…
Three more initiatives to promote access to digital literacy and infrastructure in Argentina
A series of initiatives addressing digital inclusion and access to ICT infrastructure have taken place during the past few months in different regions of Argentina. Some of the most recent activities are: Digital Literacy workshops for beneficiaries of Argentina Trabaja…
Digital literacy program to train indigenous communities in Queensland, Australia
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…
Mayan Hack introduces indigenous population from Quintana Roo to digital technologies
The first “Mayan Hack” event to take place 13-14 July 2017, will provide indigenous communities from Quintana Roo, Mexico, with an introduction to digital skills and access to translated contents to enable them to use technology resources. This initiative is…
Planeta.com will celebrate Indigenous People’s Week 2017 through tourism and digital literacy unconference
Planeta.com announced its seventh annual celebration of the Indigenous People’s Week to take place August 7-13. This celebration is a social web storytelling event that seeks to generate awareness about indigenous tourism opportunities worldwide and create valuable contents for digital…
Google provides training for 1 million Africans through Digital Skills program
Google announced that its Digital Skills program reached its yearly goal of training 1 million Africans. Through this initiative, the organization intends to support local online businesses to grow through the usage of technology tools to amplify their productivity and…
City of Seattle funds 10 tech literacy programs
Earlier in 2016, the Seattle IT Community Technology program released the Digital Equity Action Plan to “ensure all residents and neighborhoods have the information technology capacity needed for civic and cultural participation, employment, lifelong learning, and access to essential services.”…
