The primary objective of this project is to equip individuals aged 50 and above, as well as people with disabilities, with essential ICT skills. The project aims to empower these groups by:



Providing Training in Basic Cellphone Operation: The project offers training to help participants understand and operate basic cellphones effectively.



Educating on Fundamental Applications: Participants are educated on essential applications like mobile money platforms and e-government services, which are increasingly becoming an integral to daily life.



Offering Guidance on Online Safety: The project provides guidance on online safety and protection, ensuring that these vulnerable groups can navigate the digital world securely.



Reducing Inequalities and Poverty: The project strives to reduce inequalities and poverty within these demographic groups, enabling them to access opportunities and services made available by digital technologies.



Promoting ICTs in Development: By building capacity among the elderly and people with disabilities, the project contributes to Eswatini’s development agenda by promoting the use of ICTs.

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• Kingdom of Eswatini

• Older persons
• People with disabilities

The project could be used as part of cyber security awareness

The project is implemented in partnership with young people who completed their studies at various institutes of higher learning. It offers employment for the youth, and also the youth can also impact the learnt knowledge of other citizens in the country, even outside of the current project.

The project is in line with the WSIS action lines, where the objectives of the Plan of Action are to build an inclusive Information Society, to put the potential of knowledge and ICTs at the service of development, to promote the use of information and knowledge for the achievement of internationally agreed development goals.