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Strategies for Enhancing Digital Skills among Africa’s NEET Youth

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dc.contributor.authorGala, Priyal Mukesh
dc.contributor.authorNamit, K.
dc.contributor.authorKidwai, H.
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-15T15:47:59Z
dc.date.available2025-08-15T15:47:59Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-15
dc.description.abstractThis background paper examines the critical issue of how to enhance digital skills among youth who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) in Africa to prevent approximately 72 million young people (two-thirds of whom are young women) from being marginalized in a global economy rapidly undergoing a digital transformation. First, it evaluates the current digital proficiency of the region’s NEET population and identifies substantial structural barriers that contribute to widening digital disparities. Subsequently, the paper explores the transformative potential of digital skills in boosting employability, fostering entrepreneurship, and enabling broader participation in socioeconomic life. Crucially, it then proposes scalable, cost-effective strategies, including public-private partnerships, mobile-first education initiatives, and community-based training programs. These approaches are assessed for their practicality (cost effectiveness and scalability) and for their potential to equip Africa’s NEET youth with the necessary digital competencies. If adopted at scale, these competencies can enable young people to join the economic mainstream and help translate Africa’s demographic potential into widespread social and economic gains.en
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/8f8e6c41-55a1-4f6d-80b1-5e5ed01bb666
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/43598
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43598
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEducation Working Paper Series ; No.13
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectDIGITAL SKILLS
dc.subjectSKILLS GAP
dc.subjectYOUTH EDUCATION
dc.subjectNEET
dc.subjectMOBILE LEARNING PLATFORMS
dc.titleStrategies for Enhancing Digital Skills among Africa’s NEET Youthen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-08-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-08-17T02:12:52.986916Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-07-12T21:05:15Zen
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okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.topicEducation::Education and Digital Divide
okr.topicSocial Development::Children and Youth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.unitHEDGE - Education Global
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