Skills and Strategies for a Digital Economy

Welcome to your course on Skills and Strategies for a Digital Economy!

A digital economy needs more than infrastructure. It needs people with the skills to take part, values that keep the system trustworthy, and a set of conditions across the economy that let digital business and government work. This course, used by Smart Africa, looks at both halves of that picture: the digital skills and values a workforce needs, and the six cross-cutting issues that shape the wider environment.

You will define digital skills and the three levels of competency, examine six strategies for closing the youth ICT skills gap, and work through the six cross-cutting issues of a digital economy: the integrated ecosystem, data, emerging trends, green ICT, security, and the policy and regulatory framework. Kenya's documented goals and strategies are used throughout as a reference. The course closes with the indicators that measure each issue, a readiness self-check, and an ungraded project that applies everything to your own localised context.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define digital skills and values and distinguish the three levels of digital competency.
• Examine the six cross-cutting issues of implementing a digital economy, with their goals and strategies.
• Determine the best strategies to foster digital skills for a localised digital economy.
• Apply indicators to measure each cross-cutting issue and localise the strategies to your own region.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for policymakers, regulators, ministry of ICT staff, public sector leaders and development practitioners across Africa. It is highly beneficial for individuals who are:

• Responsible for digital skills development, ICT policy, or digital transformation programmes.
• Seeking to assess a region against the six cross-cutting issues and their indicators.
• Working to foster a localised digital economy that is skilled, secure and well governed.

Bienvenue a votre cours sur les Competences et strategies pour une economie numerique !

Une economie numerique a besoin de plus que d'infrastructure. Elle a besoin de personnes capables d'y participer, de valeurs qui maintiennent la confiance dans le systeme, et d'un ensemble de conditions a travers l'economie qui permettent aux affaires et au gouvernement numeriques de fonctionner. Ce cours, utilise par Smart Africa, examine les deux moities de ce tableau : les competences et valeurs numeriques d'une main-d'oeuvre, et les six questions transversales qui faconnent l'environnement plus large.

Vous definirez les competences numeriques et les trois niveaux de competence, examinerez six strategies pour combler le deficit de competences TIC des jeunes, et parcourrez les six questions transversales d'une economie numerique : l'ecosysteme integre, les donnees, les tendances emergentes, les TIC vertes, la securite, et le cadre politique et reglementaire. Les buts et strategies documentes du Kenya servent de reference tout au long. Le cours se termine par les indicateurs qui mesurent chaque question, un auto-bilan de maturite, et un projet non note qui applique tout a votre propre contexte local.

Resultats d'apprentissage

A la fin de ce cours, vous serez capable de :

• Definir les competences et valeurs numeriques et distinguer les trois niveaux de competence numerique.
• Examiner les six questions transversales de la mise en oeuvre d'une economie numerique, avec leurs buts et strategies.
• Determiner les meilleures strategies pour favoriser les competences numeriques dans un contexte local.
• Appliquer des indicateurs pour mesurer chaque question transversale et localiser les strategies a votre region.

A qui s'adresse ce cours ?

Ce cours est concu pour les decideurs politiques, les regulateurs, le personnel des ministeres des TIC, les responsables du secteur public et les praticiens du developpement a travers l'Afrique. Il est tres benefique pour les individus qui sont :

• Responsables du developpement des competences numeriques, de la politique TIC, ou des programmes de transformation numerique.
• Cherchent a evaluer une region au regard des six questions transversales et de leurs indicateurs.
• Oeuvrent pour une economie numerique localisee qui soit qualifiee, sure et bien gouvernee.

Bem-vindo(a) ao seu curso sobre Competencias e estrategias para uma economia digital!

Uma economia digital precisa de mais do que infraestrutura. Precisa de pessoas com competencias para participar, de valores que mantenham a confianca no sistema, e de um conjunto de condicoes em toda a economia que permitam que o negocio e o governo digitais funcionem. Este curso, usado pela Smart Africa, analisa as duas metades desse quadro: as competencias e valores digitais de uma forca de trabalho, e as seis questoes transversais que moldam o ambiente mais amplo.

Vai definir as competencias digitais e os tres niveis de competencia, examinar seis estrategias para fechar a lacuna de competencias TIC dos jovens, e percorrer as seis questoes transversais de uma economia digital: o ecossistema integrado, os dados, as tendencias emergentes, as TIC verdes, a seguranca, e o quadro politico e regulamentar. As metas e estrategias documentadas do Quenia servem de referencia ao longo do curso. O curso encerra com os indicadores que medem cada questao, um auto-balanco de maturidade, e um projeto nao avaliado que aplica tudo ao seu proprio contexto local.

Resultados de Aprendizagem

Ao final deste curso, voce sera capaz de:

• Definir competencias e valores digitais e distinguir os tres niveis de competencia digital.
• Examinar as seis questoes transversais da implementacao de uma economia digital, com as suas metas e estrategias.
• Determinar as melhores estrategias para fomentar competencias digitais num contexto local.
• Aplicar indicadores para medir cada questao transversal e localizar as estrategias a sua regiao.

Para quem e este curso?

Este curso e destinado a decisores politicos, reguladores, equipas dos ministerios das TIC, lideres do setor publico e profissionais de desenvolvimento em toda a Africa. E altamente benefico para individuos que estao:

• Responsaveis pelo desenvolvimento de competencias digitais, pela politica de TIC, ou pelos programas de transformacao digital.
• A procurar avaliar uma regiao face as seis questoes transversais e aos seus indicadores.
• A trabalhar por uma economia digital localizada que seja qualificada, segura e bem governada.