{"id":46526,"date":"2023-06-08T17:03:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/digital-literacy-programme-reaches-zambezi"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:22:15","slug":"digital-literacy-programme-reaches-zambezi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/digital-literacy-programme-reaches-zambezi","title":{"rendered":"Digital literacy programme reaches Zambezi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>The information ministry supported by the AU-EU Digital Hub in the Zambezi region recently conducted a two-day digital literacy programme in the region, where about 50 people received training on digital literacy.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the two-day training programme was to increase digital literacy in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the training, Randel La\u0308nts, a senior expert on change management at E-Governance Academy in Estonia, said the aim of the first day of training was to find enough people with digital skills who would be able to train their people in the communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis simply means that we are empowering people to do the training themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The second day of training taught ordinary people how to acquire certain skills and certain aspects of digital life.<\/p>\n<p>La\u0308nts stated that the plan is to give people enough skills when they are conducting the training themselves within the communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are taught about how to correspond with an email, how to browse as well as what to browse, how to be safe online and how to create a curriculum vitae for a job application \u2013 to name a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>La\u0308nts said if they can teach even just one person how to create an email address or how to browse, that particular person can teach others within the community, then this is already a success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen true joy in people after they learned how to create their own email or send an email,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The team has so far been to Ondangwa in the Oshana region as well as Omaruru in Erongo region.<\/p>\n<p>* Marythar Kambinda is a MICT information officer in the Zambezi region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. 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