Deprived Ugandan communities learn to code in education push

[Article] Can teaching some of Uganda’s poorest cattle herding communities to code help them prepare for the future? Uganda’s tech innovators, along with European donors, have been bringing coding classes to one of the least developed parts of Uganda, to try and help young people there land the jobs of the future. It’s a small step towards change, in a region where there is still resistance to formal education.

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Karamoja is one of the poorest regions in Uganda. It’s estimated that over eighty per cent of Karamajong people live in poverty. Many children never finish primary school.Peter is one of the exceptions. He’s now in his final year in technical college, studying construction. Most days, he...
This article was published Friday, 19 January, 2018 by AFP (328 words)
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