Despite promises of digital revolution and claims of successes by the government, stakeholders at this year’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum said that little has been achieved in the country compared to other climes. They called on the government to partner industry players to avoid being left behind. This comes as Paradigm Initiative through its capacity-building initiative said it has continued to connect underprivileged young Africans to digital opportunities and prepare them to compete for jobs, internships and other productive endeavours. “We are celebrating 15 years; we started as ajegunle.org, so, we are measuring the impact we have had for the past 15 years and looking towards the next 15 years. After awareness and training, we create conducive training centres where these young people don’t have to pay a dime for coming into the facility to learn, use the devices and get them connected.

Source: The Guardian May 04, 2022 09:11 UTC