By Eniola Philip
A non- governmental organisation,She Code Africa, has trained over 200 women in Ibadan in the digital literacy programme to bridge the literacy gap,give access to education, jobs, and entrepreneurship.
The training, which was organised by She Code Africa,sponsored by HP was held at the Atanda, CBT centre, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Speaking with journalists at the end of the training , the Programme Associate of She Code Africa, Miss Maryann Okoye, said the training focuses on the use of computers by beginners,operation of smartphones,internet skills, online safety, and practical technology applications for school, work, and business.
Okoye said the participants whose age ranges between 16 and 35 years from under-served communities are better equipped in the technological world.
Two of the participants Olaojo Titilola and Adeleke Folasade while thanking She Code Africa for the initiative, described the digital literacy program as educating and informing.
She Code Africa also partnered with Oyo State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Inclusion as well as Women SafeHouse Sustenance Initiative in the two-week digital literacy programme.
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