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POTRAZ & Internet Society Zimbabwe — Digital Skills Training for Persons with Disabilities

Zimbabwe · Lupane · See the Zimbabwe profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 61% 68/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

POTRAZ and the Internet Society Zimbabwe Chapter trained 35 persons with disabilities from Lupane, Dete and Binga in foundational ICT skills, completing in June 2026 and winning a 2026 WSIS Prize for advancing digital inclusion of people with disabilities.

35
Persons with disabilities trained (2026)
POTRAZ & Internet Society Zimbabwe — Digital Skills Training for Persons with Disabilities

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
POTRAZ & Internet Society Zimbabwe Chapter
Period
2026
Keywords
digital skills, disability inclusion, telecom regulation, community training

Context

Zimbabwe's telecoms regulator POTRAZ partnered with the Internet Society Zimbabwe Chapter to close a digital-skills gap for people with disabilities in Matabeleland North province, completing a training programme in Lupane on 21 June 2026.

Results

The programme trained 35 persons with disabilities from Lupane, Dete and Binga districts in foundational ICT competencies for education, employment and entrepreneurship, and was recognised with a 2026 WSIS Prize in the Access to Information and Knowledge category, selected from nearly 1,600 submissions across 120+ countries.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
POTRAZ (telecoms regulator), Internet Society Zimbabwe Chapter

Conditions for success

  • Follow-up employment/technology-use tracking of trained participants
  • Expansion beyond a single cohort/province

Common failure modes

  • No formal outcome evaluation of post-training employment or technology use published

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