Digital Foundation of Namibia seeks to support sustainable and inclusive digital citizenship for all Namibians
Joined June 2020
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25 Jun 2020
Supporting inclusive and sustainable digitalisation through #DigitalCitizenship initiatives and other #DigitalCompetence development efforts
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7 Jul 2025
If you are using AI to code, are you telling employers that they should hire AI for a coding position? Replace “code” with anything else.
Philosophically, when using AI, does it mean you need AI to create better work OR that you won’t be bothered to do the nitty gritty?
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22 Jun 2025
There has not been a time when critical media literacy is as important and as urgent than now!
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4 May 2025
New Jobs will be created. Some jobs will be lost. All jobs will be changed. ~ Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO
Implications for digital education are immense: need to equip students and workers, blue or white collar, with understanding of AI and competences to apply it to solve problems
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25 Sep 2024
#DigitalCitizenship lesson of the day:
✅ Evaluate your social media post from the perspective of empathy and respect for others’ personal/ human rights
✅ Ask permission before sharing photos or videos of others in online spaces
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21 Jul 2024
Live video of black people going to the polls in November to vote for Kamala Harris.
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30 Jun 2023
HAPPY SOCIAL MEDIA DAY!!!!!!🎉💻
#dwakademie @collegeofthearts #mil
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30 Apr 2023
Media has a fundamental role to play to stop rape culture.
All of us can also help by changing the narrative that places blame on victims and using the power of language in service of survivors, not perpetrators.
More from @UN_Women: unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/en…
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2 May 2023
Asthma is a long-term condition affecting both children & adults.
This common lung condition can't be cured, but there are medications that can enable patients enjoy a normal, active life.
More 🗝️ facts from @WHO on Tuesday's #WorldAsthmaDay: who.int/news-room/fact-sheet…
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10 Apr 2023
Everyone has a right to quality education! Simple ways you can help support #Goal4 are:
📚 Donate your used books
🧑🏫 Provide tutoring, home work assistance or teach someone a new language
🏫 Visit your local school to ask what supplies they need
globalgoals.org/take-action/…
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9 Apr 2023
Hate speech online can cause harm in real life.
Challenge hate by sharing messages of tolerance & equality.
More ideas about how each of us can take action & say #NoToHate: un.org/en/hate-speech/take-a…
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9 Apr 2023
Hate speech has dire consequences. Educate yourself on what hate speech is and how you can get involved in the fight against it.
@UN strategy and action plan on hate speech un.org/en/genocideprevention…
Hate speech: where does it start? youtu.be/2Xvx_ZTWNd8
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7 Apr 2023
Given the fact that laws are often lagging behind technology, countries need innovative law-making approaches. Parliaments and law making houses must also introspect and ensure that they have younger law makers who are better informed on the nuances of new technologies
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7 Apr 2023
AI is being used to dupe people into paying strangers by impersonating the voices of loved ones in distress. Beware
washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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7 Oct 2022
📌 “Namibia came 12th from bottom in the survey of 233 countries, with one gigabyte costing $10.52 on average in 2022, as compared to average costs of $1.53 across North African countries and $2.47 in Western Europe.”
#DataCost #DigitalInequality
7 Oct 2022
Women small business owners in Namibia say online access has boosted their income, but the price of data is still holding many back, often leaving them to choose between food or data.
@Nashilongo @ISOCNamibia @PaleniAmulungu @FirstLadyNam @EqualNamibia
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5 Oct 2022
Now that the Access to Information bill has finally been passed, here is to take full advantage of the benefits of this law
☑️ this brief paper by the NMT provides insight into what access to information is about: action-namibia.org/wp-conten…
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5 Oct 2022
Want to take it up a notch? How about a course on Access to Information Laws and Policies and their Implementation by @UNESCO ?
☑️access the free course here: unesco-ati-mooc.thinkific.co…
Talk to us in a couple of weeks when you are informed 😉
#AccessToInformation #DigitalAccess
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21 Sep 2022
Dad factor… Festus Ingashipola (23) a father of five and four mothers of his children were among hundreds of community members who showed up today at Oushini village to register their children for birth certificates.
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