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Meta launches an education platform, above what anyone could have imagined!

by Meta

Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of the 2021 version of his digital literacy program just weeks after renaming his shared online 3D virtual space Meta or rather the “Meta-verse.” The literacy program ‘My Digital World’ was originally launched in June 2020, but with the shift into the metaverse, now looked like the ideal time to deploy, expand, and enhance it.

The new websites feature content that is relevant to today’s realities in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Nigeria to Zambia. It contains modules and training tools for teachers to use in providing information and skills to their students (ages 13 to 18 years old) in order for them to adapt to the ever-increasingly interconnected and digitally complicated environment. The curriculum is geared toward pupils who live in technologically challenged communities.

“The lessons help participants learn tangible skills such as protecting personal information, identifying reputable sources, understanding misinformation themes, and recognising healthy online relationships.”

Phil Oduor, policy programs manager for economic impact and digital literacy at Meta.

Thousands of African pupils have benefited from this approach in recent years through existing programs such as the ‘Ilizwe Lam’ program in South Africa and many others in other African countries. The future of learning is digital, and Meta has done a fantastic job of empowering Africa’s future leaders, our youth.

Meta has been labeled “the internet’s future,” and with empowered African youth as the future’s leading minds, it’s a future we’re excited to be a part of.

Baadaye Agency, Transformation, BBBEE

Is the future of South Africa on the verge of a major shift and transformation?

by South Africa

According to the most recent figures, support for major parties has dipped below 50%, owing to a considerable number of voter withdrawals. This has made people think about what this signifies for South Africans. Has our government’s reputation suffered such a blow as a result of inadequate service delivery, as evidenced by the soaring number of unemployed youth? For the average South African, the deterioration of local governments’ ability to provide basic municipal services, which extends to their open acts of corruption that jeopardise our livelihoods, demonstrates a lack of optimal function and accountability from our local government and municipalities, with resources mismanaged poorly.

Companies and businesses bear the brunt to maintain the overwhelming costs of failing municipalities. People in their respective communities can No longer rely on simple services such as running clean water because of it being infested with dirt and sewerage making them ill, unmaintained infrastructure endangering lives, the interruption of power-cuts which have a severe impact on our economy. All these ailments leave South Africa in a state of peril.

The hope is that this low turnout has awakened citizens and the government to take significant steps and acts to regain our trust, but at the current state of affairs, the next national elections will be far worse. Is the future of South Africa on the verge of a major shift and transformation?