SMEs are being offered the opportunity to acquire digital skills for free through a partnership between BT and the Google Digital Garage. At the training events, businesses receive advice on how to build a digital marketing plan; grow a business…
Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has partnered with the Japanese Assistive Technology Development Organisation (ATDO) to establish of a joint centre for excellence in universal design and Assistive Technology at the National Academy of Information Technology for Persons with Disabilities (NAID) to improve the digital…
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in collaboration with UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education(UNESCO IITE) is launching a free online course on web accessibility on 28 January 2020 on the edX platform. This English-language Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which is open…
The winners of the 2019 EQUALS in Tech Awards were announced on 27 November 2019 at an awards ceremony hosted by the EQUALS Global Partnership during the annual Internet Governance Forum in Berlin. The EQUALS in Tech Awards celebrate successful innovative solutions aimed at closing the…
115 young Digital Ambassadors who worked to improve digital inclusion in Rwanda through digital skills training, digital entrepreneurship and technology-enabled social innovation graduated from the Digital Opportunity Trust’s (DOT) Digital Ambassador Program on 22 November 2019. The Digital Ambassadors provided digital skills training…
Deaf Pioneers Life Centre (DPLC), an NGO in Trinidad and Tobago providing educational opportunities for hearing impaired persons, and the Digical Foundation have partnered to enable deaf and hearing impaired persons living in remote areas of the islands to access educational content through…
The second edition of Accessible Europe was held in St Julian’s, Malta, from 4 to 6 December 2019. This regional event for Europe was jointly organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Commission (EC), within…
The African Development Bank and Microsoft jointly launched the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform, which will equip African youth with digital skills, at the 2019 African Economic Conference which took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 2 to 4…
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UNICEF are coordinating GIGA, a new initiative to connect every school to the Internet. GIGA will be supported through partnerships between country governments, technology partners, and United Nations bodies. The initiative comprises four pillars: Map:…
The sixth edition of Accessible Americas: ICTs for ALL took place in Quito, Ecuador, from 20 to 22 November 2019. Accessible Americas is the region’s flagship event to improve inclusiveness in the Americas by ensuring ICTs equally benefit all citizens, regardless their gender,…
