The 21st-century literacy isn’t just reading—it’s mastering AI, digital fluency, and tech-savvy problem-solving. Nigeria is taking bold steps into this future.
🌐 Global Drive for Tech Inclusion
The ITU-led AI Skills Coalition aims to equip learners worldwide with AI know-how, emphasizing ethical and inclusive mastery un.org+3connectingafrica.com+3aiforgood.itu.int+3
🏫 Local Innovation in Tech Education
Nigeria has homegrown champions:
Pristine SACC’s “Logic Over Code”, supported by the AI Skills Coalition, delivered AI and digital literacy to 500+ secondary students—predominantly girls—in early 2025 en.wikipedia.org
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World Bank’s “Gina Mata, Gina Al-Umma” in northern Nigeria trained 1,295 young women in digital skills such as social media marketing, online safety, and financial literacy instagram.com+5blogs.worldbank.org+5un.org+5
👩💻 Spotlight on Women in STEM
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W.TEC (Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre) has reached 26,000+ girls across Nigeria through ICT camps and after-school coding clubs en.wikipedia.org
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Tech Herfrica, established in 2023, equips rural women with e-commerce tools, mobile devices, digital literacy, and savings training—boosting incomes by an average of 50% en.wikipedia.org
🔧 TOF’s “Code Her Future”
TOF’s initiative aligns with global and local excellence: teaching programming basics, generating AI use-case skills, and instilling critical thinking. Students are encouraged to “not just consume technology—but create it.”
By embedding ethics into digital training and offering mentorship, TOF empowers girls to compete in and shape the tech-driven future—locally and globally.