Under the Project “Boosting Digital Skills through Digital Transformation Centres (DTCs)” co-funded by ITU and the Government of Norway, ITU supported several DTCs to implement outreach activities to promote their work under the Initiative at the national and/or local level within their target communities.
The DTC in Trinidad and Tobago (MAAPI) implemented its first series of digital skills trainings for citizens from February to April 2026.
In collaboration with ST Microelectronics Foundation (ST Foundation), ITU organized a virtual train-the-trainer programme on the ST Foundation course "Introduction to Computer Basics (ICB)" from 5 to 11 March 2026.
From 23 to 27 February 2026, the DTC in Nigeria conducted a 5-day training to introduce its instructors to some of the core content and courses available under the DTC Initiative.
From 20 to 31 October 2025, the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications Technology (UICT), the DTC in Uganda, implemented a digital skills training programme for visually impaired citizens, as part of its activities under the DTC Initiative.
Two beneficiaries of the Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiative took center stage at the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC), held in Baku in November 2025, sharing powerful personal stories as Telecommunication Development Bureau BDT4Impact advocates.
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC), the DTC in Ghana, delivered a 10-day digital skills training programme for women SME owners in the Oti Region from 3 to 14 November 2025.
With the release of the five-year review of the DTC Initiative "Empowering communities through digital skills: Looking back, moving forward" (2020–2025), ITU and Cisco reflect on the Initiative’s success, the power of multi-stakeholder partnerships and cross-sectoral collaboration, as well as the lasting impact of investing in people’s digital capacities.
Bridge the Digital Divide Sierra Leone (BDD-SL), the DTC in Sierra Leone, conducted a digital literacy training programme targeting citizens with very little to no digital skills competencies.
From 8 to 12 September 2025, the Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA), the DTC in Rwanda, organised a 5-day digital literacy training programme for citizens, with support from ITU and Norway through the project “Boosting digital skills through Digital Transformation Centres”.