The DigiTruck Digital Literacy Skills Programme, created by Huawei, has officially been launched by Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo for Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy.
The CS praised Huawei for initiating the
free digital skills training programme aimed at young people. According to
Owalo, digital skilling will enable the best possible use of the digital
infrastructure.
He declared that Kenya is eager to install
digital infrastructure, including 1,450 digital hubs, 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots,
and 100,000 km of fibre optic cable.
Principal Secretary for ICT and the Digital
Economy, Eng. John Tanui, said the DigiTruck is a fantastic project that will
promote digital business across the continent.
The DigiTruck, according to Mr Steven
Zhang, Deputy CEO of Huawei Kenya's Public Affairs, is a mobile classroom that
uses solar power, computers, cell phones, internet access, and an Idea hub, a
smart screen, to teach young people in rural Kenya the necessary digital
skills.
ICTA CEO Mr Stanley Kamanguya, CA Board
Chairperson Mary Wambui, ICT ministers from Africa, and other Ministry
representatives were among the dignitaries in attendance.