Digital Skills Community & Google Business Group (GBG) Abuja

Many Thanks to Khadija Abdul from Nairobi, Kenya.   Wonderful and informative sessions with the Ajira Digital Teams & Speakers – Edith Njeri, Yvonne Mwangi, Mercy Katungu e.t.c.   Moving forward, I have no choice than to start learning Swahili.   But wait; Google Translate already solved that I guess.   In ENGLISH: Many Thanks to all the phenomenal attendees and participants from Nairobi, Kenya.   Just as I said earlier, I will start recording the videos, and ensure I get them across to you all.   Also, thanks to the Kenyan Government.   In SWAHILI: Asante sana kwa wahudhurio wote bora na washiriki kutoka Nairobi, Kenya.   Kama vile nilivyosema hapo awali, nitaanza kurekodi video, na hakikisha ninazipata kwako wote.   Pia, asante kwa Serikali ya Kenya.   Ajira Digital is a project of the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology, Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign

 Well, for me I have just read about the history of the Internet, but I am honored to virtually meet the Chief of the Internet. My take away from Vint Cerf, VP & Chief Internet Evangelist at Google “The Internet, just see it as a Software Enhancement Platform”. He was explaining the Internet like an App! Wow! Demo Session Remarks: Simhae (South Korea) - They looked for pain in people and they built and created a solution to heal the pain which is phenomenal – ofcourse with Flutter! Picare (Hong Kong) – They thought of the elderly and also created a solution using Flutter. Awesome! Tulibot (Indonesia) Hmm! that was something! My heart does not really move that much, but I think it did. Awesome! Capstone (Zimbabwe) - Outstanding plagiarism checker! and the Google Classroom integration part caught my attention. Awesome! Shareapy (Vietnam) – Awesome collaboration tool for mental health. Worthy Walk (Pakistan) – Awesome App for fitness, health and wellness. MiCamp (India) – Awesome Emer

  Many Thanks to Khadija Abdul WW Nairobi, Kenya. Khadija has been working on a project targeting young women in marginalized regions in Kenya. The project is in partnership with the Government of Kenya Ministry of ICT (Ajira Portal) to get more young women to apply for digital work. They have over 60+ girls from different regions who joined the online event which held today 19th August 2020, going through different content from different speakers with the goal to up skill them with job preparedness skills to enable them to apply for Online digital jobs from international platforms and online digital jobs & digitally-enabled jobs from local platforms. I shared on the topic “Growth Hacking and communicating your Brand Online”. According to Jon Yongfook, Growth Hacking is an umbrella term for any number of marketing tactics that display the following characteristics:  have a focus on technology  exploit some kind of technical or psychological quirk  don’t require lots of upfront