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African digital project gets international award
Safaricom, the Kenyan mobile operator, non-governmental organisation Close the Gap and Huawei, the technology company, have received the Global Mobile GLOMO Award in recognition of this TECH4ALL project’s contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The accolade has been handed at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
In Sub Saharan Africa, TECH4ALL is also carried out in South Africa, Ghana and Mauritius.
In Mauritius, the project is using underwater cameras to monitor threatened coral reefs in real-time to protect and restore 5 hectares of the coral reef ecosystem.
DigiTruck was launched in Kenya for the first time in 2019.
The project aims to bring digital technology to resource-poor regions and enable people to receive quality education and improve their lives.
By the end of 2020, the project has provided services to 13 Kenyan rural areas, 1 300 students and teachers, clocked up to 22 000 hours for training.
DigiTruck is part of Huawei’s digital inclusion initiative, TECH4ALL, aimed at using technology, applications and skills to empower people and organizations.
Original article at CAJ News