Botswana

Local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and associations are urged to submit proposals for women’s digital centres. A press release from Orange Botswana says the women’s digital centres are designed to deliver literacy and micro-entrepreneurial skills training modules to women in disadvantaged situations It says the digital women’s centre programme targets women within the African content. This, it says, is an international call for projects by the Orange Group and is open to countries where Orange is present.

The initiative is administered through the Orange Foundation which will provide funding to equip the digital centres with technical equipment such as computers, laptops, projectors, tablets, printers and USBs all to be used to empower and train women towards economic independence, says the release. It also states that digital centres are aimed at fostering women empowerment through the delivery of literacy and basic entrepreneurial training to women in disadvantaged situations who normally have limited access to educational opportunities. Supported by digital tools, it says training also aims to promote women’s digital inclusion by making them familiar with digital devices and basic software.