Google Digital Skills for Africa Program: How Kids Can Benefit
Google today announced that it is expanding itś Digital Skills for Africa program to reach children in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. Google is engaging local organizations via its partnership with the Cape Town Science Centre to train 200,000 students in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa within 1 year. CS First is a Google program aimed at children aged 9 to 16. Created by educators and computer scientists, CS First introduces coding and computer science to students in a collaborative and creative club environment. CS First club members build projects in Scratch (scratch.mit.edu), a blocks-based programming language. The training will be delivered through 26 collaborating organisations across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. For areas with limited access to the internet and limited devices, CS First may be delivered through CS Unplugged. In addition, Google also aims to reach students through an Online Safety Roadshow project building on itś work with the Web Rangers program. Thi
