TECH4ALL DigiTruck Project Wins GSMA GLOMO Award for Outstanding Mobile Contribution to the UN SDGs
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BARCELONA, Spain, Mar. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--
In recognition of the TECH4ALL DigiTruck project, Safaricom, Close the Gap, and
Huawei received the Global Mobile (GLOMO) Award at MWC22 Barcelona for
Outstanding Mobile Contribution to the UN SDGs.
Launched in partnership with Kenyan operator Safaricom, Kenya's Ministry for
ICT, Computer for Schools Kenya, GSMA, and the international NGO Close the Gap,
the DigiTruck project comes under the education domain – Tech4Education – of
Huawei's digital inclusion initiative TECH4ALL. Aligned with the SDGs, TECH4ALL
aims to ensure that no one is left behind in the digital world by developing
skills, applications, and technologies in the domains of education,
environment, health, and development.
The DigiTruck project was launched in 2019 to promote digital inclusion in
remote and rural communities in Kenya. Converted from a used shipping
container, the DigiTruck is a mobile classroom that provides training in
digital skills for individuals and communities that need them most. It
accommodates 20 workstations and comes equipped with computers, tablets,
smartphones, and an Internet connection via Huawei's Fixed Wireless Access
solution – all fully solar-powered, so that communities that lack a power
supply can also benefit.
Since rollout, more than 2,300 students have received over 80,000 hours of
training across 19 counties in Kenya. Each 40-hour course covers basic digital
literacy skills, including how to use smartphones, the Internet, email, and
office software. As well as providing guidance on e-waste management, the
training also covers a range of essential soft skills such as drafting business
documents, searching for jobs online, and starting an online business.
"We are committed to contributing to the UN SDGs; we provide connectivity,
innovative solutions, and the digital skills that empower our customers in a
digital world. This win is a remarkable recognition of our efforts together
with Huawei and other partners in connecting our customers digitally," said
Peter Ndegwa, CEO of Safaricom.
The program contributes significantly to SDG4: to ensure inclusive and
equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for
all. Initiatives such as DigiTruck can help work towards achieving other SDGs,
including ending poverty and gender equality. Improved digital skills are
essential to improving employment prospects for job seekers and empowering
low-income communities with online business models – skills that can in turn
help lift people out of poverty. While the majority of programs aim for an
equal ratio of male and female trainees, courses are also available
specifically for girls and women, for whom a lack of digital skills tends to be
more acute. In 2021 and in partnership with Women in Technology Huawei,
DigiTruck provided training for 55 women in the remote sub county of Garbatulla.
For many trainees, the training represents their first experience of digital
technology, providing a key to unlock opportunities that they may have
previously been unaware of or that seemed out of reach.
"The DigiTruck program that Close the Gap developed with Huawei is going above
and beyond to turn a challenge into an opportunity," said Olivier Vanden,
Founder and CEO of Close the Gap. "Remote and off-grid locations can be fully
turned digital to generate more inclusiveness and self-reliance for young
people and empower communities."
In addition to Kenya, DigiTruck is being implemented in more countries around
the world to help improve digital skills and bridge the digital divide.
This is the second year in a row that Huawei has won the GLOMO award for
Outstanding Contribution to UN SDGs – in 2021, Rainforest Connection and Huawei
won the award for the TECH4ALL Nature Guardian project, which uses networked
acoustics technology to protect endangered species and ecosystems from threats
such as illegal logging and poaching.
Hosted by GSMA, the GLOMO awards recognize the innovative and outstanding
contributions of organizations that change how people, communities, and
businesses interact and evolve in a digital-first world. Each year, GLOMOs are
awarded at MWC22 Barcelona.
MWC22 Barcelona runs from February 28 to March 3 in Barcelona, Spain. Huawei
showcases its products and solutions at stand 1H50 in Fira Gran Via Hall 1.
Together with global operators, industry professionals, and opinion leaders, we
dive into topics such as industry trends, GUIDE to the Future, and green
development to envision the future of digital networks. For more information,
please visit: https://carrier.huawei.com/en/events/mwc2022
SOURCE: Huawei
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