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ICT-enabled education for adults with hearing impairments in remote areas of Trinidad and Tobago

ICT-enabled education for adults with hearing impairments in remote areas of Trinidad and Tobago

December 17, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, ICTs for education, Persons with disabilities, Remote/underserved areas

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…

Huawei puts digital inclusion front and center in announcement of ‘Tech4ALL’ initiative

March 6, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, Remote/underserved areas

Huawei has announced a new initiative, Tech4ALL, to promote the digital inclusion for both individuals and small businesses by focusing efforts on connectivity, applications and skills. The initiative aims to help 500 million additional people around the world benefit directly…

India to establish 100,000 digital villages in remote and rural areas

February 6, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, Remote/underserved areas

In its latest budget, the government of India announced its plans to convert 100,000 villages into ‘digital villages’ over the next five years, enhancing the digital and financial inclusion of the country’s remote and rural areas. This will be achieved…

National Digital Literacy Centre to train 1000 people in Hyderabad, India

December 26, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Remote/underserved areas

CGI and Nasscom Foundation launched their second National Digital Literacy Centre in India. The centre, located in Hyderabad, Telengana, is designed to support India’s National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM). It has three main objectives: building digitally literate communities through training,…

Sceenshot from EdScoop.

Civic Tech Experience to boost digital inclusion and civic engagement in North Carolina, USA

December 25, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas

Project Leadership & Investment for Transformation (LIFT) is an initiative organized by public and private organizations from North Carolina, USA to improve education and the quality of living of people from the area. In November 2018, the project received financial…

Microsoft Youthspark Kick-off group photo. Retrieved from cio.co.ke.

Microsoft collaborates with non-profits in Middle East and Africa to upskill 10 million youth in computing science

December 18, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas, Women and girls, Youth and children

Microsoft announced its new goal to impart digital skills to 10 million youth in the Middle East and Africa throughout a period of three years. The company intends to reach this goal by leveraging the on-going YouthSpark programme, which currently…

Digital Transformation Van to provide ICT training in rural India

December 2, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas

Indus Towers and the NIIT Foundation launched a digital literacy programme called the Digital Transformation Van (DTV) to provide the population from rural Vadodara, India with access to technology skills. The programme is expected to impact 48,000 people across 12…

Picture from Sunstar.

Twelve youth organizations were selected to promote digital and social inclusion in the Philippines

November 27, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Persons with disabilities, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

Mano Amiga Philippines and Facebook presented the 12 youth organizations that would receive their support to design and implement youth-driven campaigns to promote digital literacy in the country. The campaigns will last for four months, and will address digital literacy…

EkoBits Screenshot.

Nigerian program leverages technology and creativity to improve youth employment opportunities

November 7, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

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,…

Picture by DEMOSH. Available on Flickr.com

Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity seeks to increase access to ICTs in Ghana and Uganda

November 2, 2018 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, Remote/underserved areas

GSMA launched the Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity to expand digital inclusion in Africa, leveraging new technology to address the gap in underserved and rural communities. The fund, which is backed by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) will…

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