Nigerian program leverages technology and creativity to improve youth employment opportunities
EkoBits ICT Academy and Poise Nigeria concluded its training program to introduce 42 young people from underserved regions in Nigeria to ICT skills. Participants were selected from the suburbs close to Lagos, around the areas of Itedo, Marwa Ajiran, Ikate,…
Community-driven Digital Excellence Hubs to deliver digital skills training for Australian youth
Save the Children’s Central West “Programming the Future” program launched a research project to celebrate International Digital Inclusion Week. The project will evaluate the impact of Programming the Future digital skills training on Australian children and youth. The program was…
Champion Training Programme prepares Irish youth to start their own coding clubs
In early October 2018, Microsoft launched the CoderDojo Champion Training Programme to provide 5,000 young people in Ireland with access to digital skills. The programme, developed in the midst of EU Code Week 2018, also provided 250 youth leaders with…
Toys that can help children develop digital skills from a young age
As digital literacy skills continue to grow in relevance as a requirement for youth to acquire jobs, multiple organizations have launched initiatives and created products to boost their skills from a young age. Some of the solutions include mandatory computing…
ProFuturo leverages ICTs to improve education in Guatemala
ProFuturo is a program created by Telefónica Foundation and Bancaria “La Caixa” Foundation to address the educational and digital divide among children from underserved regions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. An article published by Emisoras Unidas presented the case…
School teacher launches crowdsourcing campaign in India to build digital classrooms
An article from Times of India shared the story of Prasenjit Sharma, a school teacher from lower Assam’s Barpeta district in India, who has led a crowdfunding campaign to build digital classrooms in five schools. The donation process, launched in…
Digital Springboard delivers digital skills to improve the lives and work opportunities of Australians
The Digital Springboard program is an initiative launched by Infoxchange and Google to teach Australians (especially Australian youth) digital skills for their jobs and everyday lives. It is mainly based on the recently disclosed results of the Australian Digital Inclusion…
Partnership Initiative to train Nigerian youths in ICTs and agriculture
The Foundation for Partnership Initiative in Niger Delta (PIND) and the Ford Foundation reached an agreement with nine partner organizations to train 1,000 Nigerian young people from the region in agriculture and ICTs. The agreement was reached as part of…
Public and private organizations collaborate to boost digital literacy in India
India’s Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) announced a group of initiatives to improve digital skills in the country. Involved stakeholders included India’s National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), the Directorate General of Training (DGT), Adobe and IBM. The digital…
Web Rangers program promotes digital literacy and safe online behaviors in South Africa and Kenya
On September 15, 2018, South Africa’s Deputy Minister for Communications Pinky Kekana, addressed the Web Rangers Award Ceremony and explained that increasing national digital literacy was a task that required collaboration between the private sector, civil society and the government….
