Rachel Ruto launches Jitume Digital Hub at Butere Girls

The First Lady Rachel Ruto on Monday launched the Jitume Digital Hub at Butere Girls High School in Kakamega. https://shorturl.at/kiJDi

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00:00 On behalf of the Buture Girls High School and alumni,

00:03 thank you, Waziri Eliud Owalo and your team from Kansas City

00:08 for setting up this digital hub that will enable our students to enhance their digital skills.

00:15 The World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report of 2016

00:20 spelled out a challenging future for the digitally unfit

00:24 and a great opportunity for the digitally savvy.

00:28 Experts predicted that technology and automation would cause the global workforce

00:34 to lose two-thirds of traditional white-collar jobs in the coming years.

00:39 This forecast saw governments and organizations globally prepare for this digital revolution,

00:46 particularly keen to ensure young people were ready for the job market

00:51 and responsive to new job opportunities.

00:54 The Jitume Project has seen over 28,000 users connected,

00:59 over 8,700 courses enrolled, and 118 digital job platforms connected.

01:07 The full implementation of the Jitume Digital Hub Project

01:11 will spur a wave of digital jobs across the nation.

01:15 As our president says, "Finia computer, upate dola."

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