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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…

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…

Orange opens new Digital Center in Dakar, Senegal

Orange opens new Digital Center in Dakar, Senegal

November 8, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

Orange inaugurated a new Digital Center in Dakar, Senegal, on 24 October, the second such center on the African continent and the first in West Africa. Orange Digital Centers are an international network of spaces for countries to share experiences…

Social enterprise organises digital inclusion programme for youth with disabilities in Ghana

Social enterprise organises digital inclusion programme for youth with disabilities in Ghana

October 4, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Digital Literacy, Persons with disabilities, Youth and children

Tech Era, a Ghanian social enterprise providing inclusive tech education to empower persons with disabilities, has organised a one-month Digital Inclusion Training and Assessment Programme (DITAP) for youth with disabilities under the theme of: ‘Recognising Ability through Digital Inclusion.’ Organised…

‘Meet and Code’ offers grants to non-profits in Europe to boost young people’s digital skills

‘Meet and Code’ offers grants to non-profits in Europe to boost young people’s digital skills

June 7, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Youth and children

Non-profit organizations in 25 European countries have been invited by ‘Meet and Code’ to apply for small grants to run events that boost young peoples’ digital skills. The application process is open from 3 June until 8 September 2019. The…

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Social enterprise Blossom Academy to equip youth in West Africa with data analytics skills

February 27, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Youth and children

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…

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South African organizations are called upon to offer internship opportunities to young ICT students

January 23, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, Youth and children

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…

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Public and private organizations from South Africa collaborate to teach kids how to code

January 21, 2019 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, Youth and children

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…

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