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Aboriginal communities in Australia acquire skills for digital storytelling

Aboriginal communities in Australia acquire skills for digital storytelling

January 31, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Indigenous peoples

The SharingStories Foundation works with more than a dozen Aboriginal communities across Australia to support children, young people and elders to record ancient creation stories in new digital formats. Through the SharingStories programme, participants acquire digital skills – including storyboarding, audio recording,…

Nigeria and IBM partner up for digital skills development drive

January 28, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy

The government of Nigeria and IBM have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost digital skills development in the country. Among the objectives of the MoU are to equip citizens with digital skills with globally recognized certifications, lower the…

Digital inclusion in the innovation district model: the case of Chattanooga, Tennessee

Digital inclusion in the innovation district model: the case of Chattanooga, Tennessee

January 24, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure

According to the Brookings Institution, more and more cities are using the innovation district model, in which anchor institutions, companies, startups, business incubators, and accelerators are clustered together in dense urban areas to spur economic development. Such districts, however, can risk…

Educational tool for children with visual impairments to learn how to code launched in UK

Educational tool for children with visual impairments to learn how to code launched in UK

January 21, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Digital Literacy, Persons with disabilities, Youth and children

A new educational toy to help young students with vision impairment learn how to code has been launched on the UK market by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Code Jumper was designed by Microsoft and developed by American Printing…

Older persons face digital exclusion despite enthusiasm for new technology, Australian study finds

Older persons face digital exclusion despite enthusiasm for new technology, Australian study finds

January 18, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Seniors

Older people in Australia are on the whole enthusiastic about embracing new technology, but continue to be digitally excluded because service providers and the larger community exclude them from the digital experience, a new report by YourLink and PwC has…

BT and Google team up to offer free digital skills training to SMEs in the UK

BT and Google team up to offer free digital skills training to SMEs in the UK

January 11, 2020 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship

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…

DOT Rwanda young Digital Ambassadors celebrated for contributing to greater digital inclusion

DOT Rwanda young Digital Ambassadors celebrated for contributing to greater digital inclusion

December 20, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Persons with disabilities, Women and girls, Youth and children

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…

The African Development Bank and Microsoft launch training platform to equip African youth with digital skills

The African Development Bank and Microsoft launch training platform to equip African youth with digital skills

December 11, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Youth and children

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…

UNESCO and Huawei announce partnership to improve digital skills and the application of AI in East Africa

UNESCO and Huawei announce partnership to improve digital skills and the application of AI in East Africa

November 15, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

The UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa and Huawei announced a new partnership to improve digital skills in Africa and explore the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), under the auspices of Huawei’s digital inclusion…

£1.3 million awarded to 15 digital skills projects in the UK through ‘Power Up’ initiative

£1.3 million awarded to 15 digital skills projects in the UK through ‘Power Up’ initiative

November 12, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship

The Good Things Foundation and J.P. Morgan have awarded grants totalling £1.3 million to 15 community-based projects in the UK aimed at closing the digital skills gap. The ultimate goal of this ‘Power Up’ initiative is to drive economic and social inclusion…

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