YTF Commitment: digital literacy and technology training that leads to sustainable employment and livelihoods.

YTF Website: Project LLP

In 2015, YTF partnered with Beyond Access/IREX to launch Project LLP: Learning and Libraries Project in Nigeria. In partnership with the Anambra State Library Board and the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Project LLP provided digital literacy, technology, and entrepreneurship skills training for 513 youth, teachers, librarians, and community members.

Despite Nigeria’s place as Africa’s largest economy with the largest population, technology adoption, access, availability, and skills lag behind. In the most recent Annual Socio-Economic Report: Access to Information and Communication Technology, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics and the Central Bank of Nigeria noted that less than 5 percent of Nigerians have access to a computer or the Internet and that only .9 percent own a computer. Although Nigeria has made great strides, including near 100 percent wireless coverage and a 92 percent cell phone ownership (same rate as the U.S.), the national government’s emphasis on economic development has left education and libraries far behind, leaving millions of Nigerians in information and knowledge limbo.

Project LLP participants not only learned about computers but also how to apply the knowledge for their education, livelihoods, and for income generation purposes. Although few arrived at the training with keyboarding skills or knowing how to turn on a computer, they quickly engaged with the training content, whole-heartedly embraced the new knowledge, and eagerly applied it to their lives before each session was complete.

All objectives of the project were met and exceeded.

The 513 participants were comprised of:

• Female (42%), male (58%)
• 155 teachers (30%), 15 librarians (3%)
• Ages 12-18 (24%), ages 18-25 (29%), ages 26-34 (20%), ages 34+ (27%)
• 65% of youth of secondary school age were in school, 35% were out of school

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