Liberia: Empowering Youth Nationwide with Digital Skills

Training 10,000 youth in digital skills may have seemed ambitious, but President Boakai’s first State of the Union address earlier this year included this proclamation, and indeed, he has delivered.

It took longer than the six months he mentioned in his address, but logistics were finally in place last month, and teachers were recruited earlier and taught. Students applied online, and 45 centers were set up throughout all 15 counties to…