The Jozi Digital Ambassadors Programme, a partnership between the City of Johannesburg and the University of Johannesburg (UJ), launches this Friday.
Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau says as part of the roll out of 1 000 WiFi hotspots throughout the city, the City of Johannesburg will require 3 000 'digital ambassadors' to train over 700 000 city residents in digital literacy.
According to UJ, the training will take place over a period of 18 months, with the intention of enabling residents to utilise and benefit from the broadband connections in their areas.
The digital ambassadors will be trained at UJ, via a cloud-based learner management system incorporating open source learning.
UJ staff and students drawn from the engineering, IT, management and education departments will deliver training and support to the selected digital ambassadors. The programme is hosted by UJ's School of Electrical Engineering.
"The digital ambassadors will enable the broader Johannesburg community to engage with digital technology; for example, in online job-seeking opportunities, banking applications and access to digital services," says professor Johan Meyer, head of UJ's School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Meyer says the digital ambassadors will further be mentored in business acumen and given insights into the digital world to enable their own innovation enterprises.
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