Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth
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DigiSkills – Programa Nacional Gratuito de Formação em Competências Digitais
Pakistan · Islamabad · See the Pakistan profile
Programa governamental do Paquistão com 15 cursos online gratuitos de competências digitais; 5,14 milhões de formações concluídas até março de 2026, mais de 800 000 mulheres formadas, gerando 1,65 mil milhões de dólares em receitas de exportação via freelancing.
5.14 million
Formações concluídas (by Mar 2026)
800,000+
Mulheres formadas
$1.65 billion
Receitas de exportação freelance dos graduados
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Ignite – National Technology Fund / Virtual University of Pakistan
- Period
- 2018-present
- Keywords
- Low-income households, youth, women, digital skills, freelancing, economic inclusion
Context
O DigiSkills do Paquistão é um programa governamental que oferece cursos gratuitos de competências digitais online para desenvolver capacidade de trabalho freelance e de exportação.
Results
Até março de 2026, tinham sido concluídas 5,14 milhões de formações em 15 cursos gratuitos, com mais de 800 000 mulheres formadas, e os graduados geraram 1,65 mil milhões de USD em receitas de exportação por trabalho freelance.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
- Ignite – National Technology Fund / Virtual University of Pakistan — accessed 2026-06-21
- DigiSkills.pk – Official Programme Website — accessed 2026-06-21
- Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25, Chapter 15 – Information Technology — accessed 2026-06-21
- Profit Pakistan Today – Freelance training generates $1.65 billion (May 2025) — accessed 2026-06-21
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