Unicef boss champions digital skills for young innovators in Tanzania
Unicef Executive Director Catherine Russell in a group photo with adolescent girls and young women innovators at a UNICEF supported program to equip youth with digital skills to address real-life challenges and empower lives that took place at Shule Direct offices in Dar es Salaam on March 7, 2025. PHOTO | COURTESY
In Tanzania, only 22 per cent of women possess basic digital skills, compared to 32 percent of men, according to the World Bank.
Furthermore, boys aged 15 to 19 are more likely to own a mobile phone than girls of the same age, with boys also more than twice as likely to access the internet.
