Humanity Watch

   As part of the continued efforts to bridge the digital divide in rural communities in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has extended it's sensitization workshop to Tungan Ashere community. The exercise is part of activities to be implemented under the organization's community networks project aimed at linking communities for easy access to affordable networks. Humanity Watch had reported a similar sensitization campaign embarked upon by CITAD in other parts of the FCT. The campaign which  is part of a larger activity to support Community-Led Approaches to Addressing the Digital Divide Nigeria, a project being coordinated globally by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) with support from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) through their Digital Access Programme (DAP) was attended by stakeholders in the community. Cross-section of participant...

Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), has taken its public  sensitization workshop on Local Community Network to Pasepa, a neglected community in Bwari Area Council of  Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory. The intervention is part of CITAD's community-led approach to addressing the digital divide in Nigeria. As part of  the organization's community-led approach towards bridging the digital divide in Nigeria, the workshop which held on Wednesday at the ICT Centre deployed by CITAD and Actionaid Nigeria in the community also drew participants from neighbouring communities in Jiko, Ijebesa including traditional rulers, religious leaders, women leaders, youth leaders and other members of the communities. Cross section of participants at the sensitization workshop on Wednesday at Pasepa community. This would be the third community the organization which is committed to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for the development ...