Some 290 youths who underwent a six-week intensive training in digital skills offered by Huawei Digitruck initiative have graduated in a ceremony held at Oriwo boys high in Rachuonyo North Sub County.
The training, undertaken at Kanyapir chief's camp, equipped the youth with essential computer literacy, digital marketing, and entrepreneurship and cybercrime awareness to prepare them for the evolving digital landscape Interior Principal Secretary Dr.
Raymond Omollo who presided over the graduation congratulated the youth who have been leaving their homes to come to and attend classes to gain the skills He said the Huawei digital skills training programme launched in 2019 as a flagship initiative has trained over 6000 youths across the country in 36 counties. "This year alone, the programme has equipped 1648 individuals with digital skills," the PS, said adding that 906 were ladies, reinforcing the commitment, not just from Huawei, but also from government on gender inclusivity, as part of the government's digital empowerment progress in line with the Bottom Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) of fostering growth in the digital superhighway and creative economy.
He said when the graduands look at the skills they have gained; it is possible for them to start an enterprise saying the government has put in a lot of investment towards the realization of BETA.
