Digital Futures Programme
Improving access to dignified and fulfilling employment for youth with disabilities in Africa through digital skills development, inclusive hiring practices, and systemic policy reform.
Programme Overview
The Digital Futures Programme seeks to address systemic digital divide barriers by expanding access to dignified and fulfilling employment for young women and men with disabilities across implementation countries in Africa.
Recognizing that digital skills development alone is insufficient to achieve sustainable employment outcomes, Digital Futures works to transform both employer hiring practices and national digital policy environments.
Interconnected Strategic Pillars
Skills & Employability
Strengthening foundational digital literacy, IT skill sets, and workplace readiness for youth with disabilities.
Learning to Work Transition
Supporting graduates into formal employment, internships, and inclusive entrepreneurship ventures.
Policy & Systems Change
Influencing labor laws, digital accessibility standards, and government accountability frameworks.
The programme brings together consortium partners including Sightsavers, the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), the African Disability Forum (ADF), and the International Labour Organization (ILO), alongside governments, private-sector actors, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), and youth organizations.
Consortium & Strategic Partners
Sightsavers
International Consortium Partner
ACET
Africa Centre for Economic Transformation
African Disability Forum
Continental Peak Body
International Labour Organization
Global Labour Standards Agency
Programme Gallery
Accessible IT Training Labs
Youth with disabilities gaining practical software and digital literacy skills using adaptive screen readers.
Private-Sector Inclusion
Employer engagement workshops promoting accessible work environments and equal pay hiring policies.
Digital Economy Policy Dialogue
Advocacy sessions with government leaders to ensure national ICT agendas include citizens with disabilities.