Eight Tech Consults Ltd was engaged by UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports, to design, pilot, validate, and document scalable models for delivering digital skills training across Uganda’s formal and non-formal education systems.
The project responds to the growing need to equip children, adolescents, and young people with practical digital skills required for learning, employment, entrepreneurship, and participation in the digital economy.
The initiative focuses particularly on inclusive access for young people in schools, non-formal learning environments, refugee-hosting districts, and underserved communities.
What We Are Delivering
Eight Tech Consults is leading the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of digital skills delivery models through an evidence-based approach.
The work includes stakeholder consultations, baseline assessments, curriculum review, development of digital assessment tools, creation of monitoring frameworks, model piloting, learner evaluation, and documentation of lessons for national scale-up.
The project is piloting digital skills training across 31 institutions in Kampala, Madi-Okollo, Terego, Obongi, and Isingiro districts.
Expected Results
- Four validated and scalable digital skills delivery models.
- Digital skills training for 5,000 adolescents and youth.
- Micro-work and digital employment training for 1,000 young people.
- Digital skills assessment and monitoring tools developed.
- Competency-based digital skills curriculum aligned with national standards.
- Certified digital skills toolkit to support national implementation.
- Comparative analysis, lessons learned, and impact assessment reports.
- Two costed investment cases to guide national adoption and scale-up.
Expected Impact
The project is laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive digital skills ecosystem for Uganda’s young people.
By testing practical delivery models in real learning environments, the initiative will provide government and development partners with evidence on what works, what can scale, and how digital skills can be integrated into both formal and non-formal education systems.
In the long term, the project will strengthen digital literacy, improve employability, expand access to online work opportunities, and support young people to participate more meaningfully in Uganda’s digital economy.