 One of the key takeaways that I got from the event was that there is need to have constant evaluation in ensuring that the present approaches of upskilling actually work. This is because the digital economy is an ever-dynamic sector and so it's important to ensure that all the approaches in use in upskilling of digital skills actually depict the ever-changing sector. For example, the skills taught ten years ago may not be relevant today. And the skills taught today may not actually be relevant ten years to come and so it's important to always ensure that the skills are revised and that they're taking a present skill. Another takeaway that I got actually is that constant evaluation skills and this is in the regard that how you offer digital skills training to different groups of people may not be the same. So for example, the digital skills training offered to persons with disabilities or women in the rural sector may not be the same as the same approach that is used in the cities. So it's important to factor in those realities to ensure that even when offering the digital skills training it actually embodies the different challenges and realities that groups of people face in different parts of the country or the world. This is a continent that is made up of more than 52 countries and it's a very useful continent with so many, 60% of the population is young people but yet there's a high level of unemployment among so many young people and yet the digital skills plays a big role in solving this challenge of unemployment and so many issues that are brought as a result of unemployment. So how digital skills can help solve such challenges is that it is bound to provide many job creations in the digital sector. People can become YouTubers, people can become content creators, others can offer their expertise online. Let's say someone is a lawyer, they don't need to wait to get access to set up their law firms. They could offer their law services, legal services online. And so the digital skills offer to provide so many job opportunities to so many young people who are actually faced with issues such as depression, mental health issues, high rates of crime among young people because they do not have any source of income. So it really plays a big role in solving the challenges of poverty, high crime rates, depression just to mention a few. So I run an organization called Village Pillars Empowerment Project that seeks to empower young women and girls between the ages of 10 and 30 through human centered and sustainable programs. So we have a program called Seagulls Digital and this is a program that seeks to equip young women and girls with digital literacy skills. So what we do is that we have a digital training center that has Wi-Fi connectivity computers and smartphones and the girls can come and get the digital skills training based on where they are. So let's say if someone is a beginner, we offer beginner lessons, if someone is an intermediate, we offer say coding classes or SEO classes and the place is free of charge. The training is free of charge and they get to use the computers and the internet connectivity free of charge. Let's say if someone is working online or someone wants to do something using their phone and you do not have a smartphone. Some of the challenges we have first is the challenges of load shedding and power outages. So this is one of the biggest rain forests in Kenya and so every time electricity goes out and so we cannot offer the digital skills. There is no internet, there is no connectivity. The computers, most of them rely on electricity. So it becomes a very big challenge. Another challenge is with regard to the women and the girls, most of them come from very, very far, the deep rural parts of Kaka-Mega County. And so just accessing our digital hub is a very big challenge. It's very costly for them. Some of them are young mothers. If you get someone at the age of 13, has two or three children and they have no one to leave their children. So they have to come with these children to the digital training center. And so you can imagine five or six toddlers and they are pulling on the cables and they are pulling on the computers. And so it becomes a bit of a challenge to us. And yet we can't send them away because they need these skills. They need to improve their lives through. Some of them don't have any further formal training from the fourth grade, for example. And the last challenge you have is limited resources. So you get that our digital training hub can host around 10 to 15 girls. And so when the 10 come today, tomorrow each of them come to three or four girls because they see how much this is a big opportunity for them. And attempt to just have to send them back because you can't host all of them. You don't have enough computers for 60, 70 girls. And so we have to put them in cohort but still you get that they want, they really are hungry for knowledge. They want to know more what is this computer? How do you put it on? And so you get that sometimes it really becomes a big challenge. When it comes to success, of course, of course, of course, we've gotten messages on Facebook, we've gotten girls telling us how this program has really actually transformed their lives. I'll give the example of a lady called Irene. She's a 10, 6 years old, she's married and she has four children. And she has a small business, an informal business where she sells rice and beans and other types of cereal. And through the digital skills she's been able to set up a Facebook page for her business, she's been able to know how to do Facebook ads, how to market her products online. And she said that this has actually directly boosted her business. She no longer has to borrow money around from her neighbors or from her friends. And this has really helped her to actually manage her family. And some of them actually work with them at Deep Web. And so we're trying to set up a platform whereby after we complete training them, they can actually get to offer those services through a platform, let's say online, social media marketing, social media management or virtual assistance. So this is a program that is really meant to empower them economically. And it is actually doing that. The government and the IT industry actually plays a big role in a scaling of digital skills. For example, let me use Kenya. Government paracetals such as Kenya Power and Lighting Company, what they can do is actually boost electric supply in this rural sector to avoid challenges such as load shedding and power outages. Internet service providers such as SafariCom and Airtel can actually provide cheaper internet options for let's say non-governmental organizations who are offering some of these services free of charge to ensure that it will be actually affordable for us and for girls in the rural sector. And finally, the government and the IT industry can actually provide support and capacity building because this is a sector that is ever changing. So it's just that even our trainers and the many trainers everywhere, not just here, but all over the world, they need constant mentorship and capacity building to ensure that they continue offering skills that are relevant and modern and are key to the ever changing digital sector.