Digital Skills : Frameworks and Programs
Digital skills constitute one of the five foundational pillars of the Digital Economy for Africa (DE4A) initiative, launched by the World Bank, and are needed to mobilize digital innovations to transform economies, societies and governments in Afri...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/562351611824219616/Digital-Skills-Frameworks-and-Programs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35080 |
| Summary: | Digital skills constitute one of the
five foundational pillars of the Digital Economy for Africa
(DE4A) initiative, launched by the World Bank, and are
needed to mobilize digital innovations to transform
economies, societies and governments in Africa. The other
foundational pillars are digital infrastructure, digital
platforms, digital financial services and digital
entrepreneurship. African economies require both a digitally
competent workforce as well as digitally literate citizens
who could reap the benefits that the digital society brings.
This paper presents a framework for digital skills, based on
a review of international frameworks. It discusses the
demand and supply of digital skills as well as a mapping
with formal education programs at different levels of the
system that could produce these skills. It also gives
examples of programs outside of formal education programs
that could be used for imparting skills training. Finally,
it suggests indicators that could be used to better measure
progress towards the objectives of the DE4A initiative. |
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