The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), in collaboration with Brunel University London, has moved to close the digital gap among women with Women in Digital Empowerment Network (WIDEN) Workshop, a project funded by the British Council.
A Professor of Economics at NOUN, Ganiyat A. Adesina-Uthman, disclosed this during the official presentation of WIDEN outcomes at the Old Senate Chamber of the university.
The principal investigator for WIDEN said the programme, funded by the British Council, had the vision to disseminate the findings from their gender analysis and need assessment survey.
In his remarks, the Programme Consultant, Dr. James David Eladlu, who facilitated disability inclusion in the programme, said as the world was moving, digitalisation was very key to every aspect of disability life.
He noted that Artificial Intelligence (AI) had come to reshape many things.
Speaking, Professor Christine Ofulue, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Technology, Innovation and Research, NOUN, who represented the vice chancellor, said the programme is bridging the gap between women and men in terms of their participation in the digital environment context.
She urged more women to join, saying that what needed to be done was to market it and to disseminate the programme widely.
Dr. Angela Irene, the Chief Officer of Open and Distance Learning from the National Universities Commission (NUC), said the programne was timely for Nigeria in particular and for Africa as a whole.
She said NUC had interest in the programme because of its existing framework.
Abdulkarim Faussiyat, one of the participants and a PhD student, said the workshop had boosted her research activities.
Daily Trust
