Social enterprise Blossom Academy to equip youth in West Africa with data analytics skills
Blossom Academy, a social enterprise dedicated to equipping youth in West Africa with data-driven skills, has made a commitment to the Digital Skills for Jobs Campaign, part of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth. As part of their…
Partnership to equip 5,000 unemployed young people with digital skills in South Africa
The Digital Skills Partnership was launched in South Africa in October 2018 to connect youth excluded from the economy with digital and tech jobs. The founding organisations include Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi), Explore Data…
South African organizations are called upon to offer internship opportunities to young ICT students
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative’s (CiTi) Tech Career Accelerator called for local organizations from Cape Town to offer graduate internship opportunities that enable students to improve their ICT skills. CiTi has trained 1,889 young South Africans for the tech…
Public and private organizations from South Africa collaborate to teach kids how to code
The Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and the Joburg Center for Software Engineering (JCSE) partnered with Accenture to provide an hour-long coding workshop for 65 youth from Johannesburg. During the event, the organizations also announced a partnership going forward to launch…
ICT professionals volunteer to inspire children in schools in Bangalore, India
In December 2018, 250 techies from Bangalore, India returned to school as part of the celebration of the Skill Build Community Day in Government Higher Primary School at Nagawara. Around 450 students and teachers benefitted from this initiative and learned…
Communities of Practice can support teachers to stay updated and embrace the digital transformation in their classrooms
An editorial from David Young published by EdTech magazine suggested that one effective strategy to drive digital literacy and high-quality education in classrooms is to support the growth of networks of teachers, or ‘Communities of Practice’ (CoPs). CoPs are groups…
Reading Makchixx organized a digital literacy outreach programme in Pahang, Malaysia
A group of STEM lecturers from the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Malaysia Pahang that goes by the name “Reading Makchixx” organized a digital literacy outreach programme to boost digital literacy in local communities from…
The government of Portugal launched an initiative to increase digital literacy skills nationwide
The government of Portugal announced the investment of EUR 23 million to support “INCoDE.2030,” a new programme to improve the digital literacy and skills of the population. The initiative is divided into five areas, which include: inclusion, education, qualifications, specializations,…
Digital Education Bus brings digital skills training to underserved communities across Peru
The “Digital Education Bus” programme – launched by Fundación Telefónica Peru – received an “Entrepreneurial Creativity” award for providing access to digital skills training to more than 180,000 children and teachers from approximately 300 schools. The bus has been active…
Introducing UK children to the Internet through gamification
Bright Little Labs and EDF Energy released free materials to teach kids in the UK how the internet works and how to remain safe online. In order to do this, the organizations developed a gamification methodology, that consists of engaging…
