Liberia: Pres. Boakai Delivers On Digital Skills Training for 10,000 Youth Nationwide

Monrovia — Training 10,000 youth in digital skills may have seemed ambitious, but President Boakai’s first State of the Union address earlier this year included this proclamation, and indeed, he has delivered.

Although the training took longer than the six months outlined in his address, logistics were finally put in place last month. Teachers were recruited and trained early on, while students applied online. Forty-five centers were set up across all 15 counties to serve as digital hubs,…