Who We Are

Working in partnership with experts across Sub-Saharan Africa, My Digital World provides accessible learning modules and resources to build skills for a digital world. Through My Digital World, Meta is reaching learners across the region and shaping the Sub-Saharan digital community for the better.

The lessons are designed for learners of two distinct age groups: youth [13 – 17 years old], and adults [18+ years old]. The curriculum is designed with step-by-step instructions for facilitators and teachers with lessons drawn from the resources of several expert partners with experience designing content and curriculum.

Youth Curriculum (13 - 17 years of age)

My Digital World partnered with organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa to develop the learning modules and resources in the curriculum. Learn more about our local partners and how they are shaping the future of digital citizenship in the region below:

  • Asikana Network

    Asikana Network is a social enterprise organization in Zambia that focuses on increasing active and meaningful participation in tech-related courses, and ultimately careers, for women and girls. The initiative focuses on skill development through training, mentorship, and placement in practical experience to build up these young women.

    Visit Asikana Network Visit
  • Association for Peace and Development in Africa

    Association for Peace and Development in Africa is a civil society organization engaged in the implementation of online policy for children in Cameroon and within the central Africa subregion at large. With this goal, they are working closely with several public, private, and international entities involved in the development and regulation of telecommunications throughout society.

  • Authentic Africa Group

    Authentic Africa group is a one-stop-shop for businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa that provides end-to-end program management and consulting services to help businesses develop faster.

    Visit Authentic Africa Group Visit
  • BS Corp

    BS CORP is a Senegalese organization specialized in digital literacy training for the most disadvantaged. Since 2019, BS Corp has been providing training in digital education with more than 7,000 people trained since its creation.

  • Center for Africa Leadership Studies

    Center for African Leadership Studies (CALS) was established in 2012. CALS is one of the leading consulting and training firms in Ethiopia geared toward leadership and entrepreneurship solutions for transformed, responsible leaders. xHub Addis, founded in 2014, is an initiative of CALS that incubates, accelerates, mentors, and coaches young entrepreneurs into turning their innovative ideas into businesses and services.

    Visit Center for Africa Leadership Studies Visit
  • Child Online Africa

    Child Online Africa (COA) is a child-focused research and advocacy non-governmental organization that campaigns for/with children and young people and their families to influence policies and change practices that affect child welfare in Ghana and across Africa. They are open to partnering to co-create content for children in Africa.

    Visit Child Online Africa Visit
  • Cybersafe Foundation

    Cybersafe Foundation is a non-governmental organization in the information security domain on a mission to facilitate pockets of change that ensure a safer internet for everyone with digital access in Africa. They work tirelessly to improve cyber safety in Africa, especially for the most vulnerable in our society through their initiatives.

    Visit Cybersafe Foundation Visit
  • Digify Africa

    Digify Africa began as Live Magazine South Africa when founder Gavin Weale moved to South Africa from the UK to launch the youth publication that he had run in London, UK since 2002. Live Magazine became South Africa’s highest-circulating youth magazine, with the content entirely produced by unemployed youth working under professional mentors. It was a social impact project at its core, with the mission to reach under-resourced youth with critical messaging and to create jobs through its production process. This led the magazine to develop a variety of initiatives, including a four-year democratic engagement campaign, called the VIP campaign, as well as the earliest iteration of Digify Pro, launched in 2014. In 2016, Digify Africa began operating in Kenya and Nigeria, and went through an intense period of growth, delivering a high-volume program of digital skills with Google, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the British Council.

    Visit Digify Africa Visit
  • Eveminet

    Evemient is a market leader in digital literacy and online safety specializing in the family unit, children, and their ecosystem. They are advocates of inclusive technology for all through their Light It Up Blue Initiative for children with Autism. They are creating global digital champions by being the change they want to see in society.

    Visit Eveminet Visit
  • International Education and Resource Network

    International Education And Resource Network (iEARN- Kenya) is a network of educators who train, mentor, and support educators and young adults worldwide in using technologies to engage in service- and project-based learning with their peers worldwide and take global collaborative action in their communities to effect change.

    Visit International Education and Resource Network Visit
  • Junior Achievement Africa

    Junior Achievement (JA) Africa is one of Africa’s largest organizations focused on preparing young Africans for a successful future. JA Africa is a member of JA Worldwide, one of the world’s largest youth serving NGOs. Through the delivery of hands-on, blended learning in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship, JA empowers young people with skills they need for the future of work so as to secure better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. JA partners with schools across 13 African countries to deliver its digital and financial literacy programs as well as entrepreneurship and employability training programs to over 250,000 youth annually.

    Visit Junior Achievement Africa Visit
  • Mtoto News

    Mtoto News is a media-tech company that leverages technology to improve the lives of children by making their voices heard. Mtoto News creates platforms that enable children to inform policy, program, and practice. These platforms allow for curating, creating, and circulating content by and about children while also encouraging the use of child-led and -informed research by policymakers.

    Visit Mtoto News Visit
  • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

    The founding mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do, providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards, and advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers. Recognized as the “gold standard” in teacher certification, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers mean better learning for students.

    Visit National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Visit
  • Phambano Technology Development Centre NPC

    Phambano Technology Development Centre NPC is a purpose-driven organization with the aim of becoming known as the go-to solution for technology capacity building in civil society organizations across Southern Africa. Their technology development initiatives allow them to empower other nonprofits to reach more beneficiaries at a local and global level.

    Visit Phambano Technology Development Centre NPC Visit
  • Plan International

    Founded in 1937, Plan International is a humanitarian child-centered development organization without religious or political affiliation that advances children's rights and equality for girls. It strives for a just world, working together with children, young people, supporters, and partners. Plan International supports the safe and successful progression of children from birth to adulthood.

    Visit Plan International Visit
  • re:learn

    re:learn by CcHUB, the Education practice at Co-Creation Hub Limited, is focused on leveraging technology to help teachers, students, and schools to improve learning outcomes particularly in STEM Education. It curates and creates interactive and engaging content, adopts innovative teaching methods, and supports its community of thousands of teachers to transform learning in their classrooms.

    Visit re:learn Visit
  • Watoto Watch Network

    Watoto Watch Network (WWN) is a child-focused, non-profit organization in Kenya that is taking the lead in raising awareness on child online protection by implementing informative and sensitization programs on internet safety.

    Visit Watoto Watch Network Visit
  • Asikana Network

    Asikana Network is a social enterprise organization in Zambia that focuses on increasing active and meaningful participation in tech-related courses, and ultimately careers, for women and girls. The initiative focuses on skill development through training, mentorship, and placement in practical experience to build up these young women.

  • Association for Peace and Development in Africa

    Association for Peace and Development in Africa is a civil society organization engaged in the implementation of online policy for children in Cameroon and within the central Africa subregion at large. With this goal, they are working closely with several public, private, and international entities involved in the development and regulation of telecommunications throughout society.

  • Authentic Africa Group

    Authentic Africa group is a one-stop-shop for businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa that provides end-to-end program management and consulting services to help businesses develop faster.

  • BS Corp

    BS CORP is a Senegalese organization specialized in digital literacy training for the most disadvantaged. Since 2019, BS Corp has been providing training in digital education with more than 7,000 people trained since its creation.

  • Center for Africa Leadership Studies

    Center for African Leadership Studies (CALS) was established in 2012. CALS is one of the leading consulting and training firms in Ethiopia geared toward leadership and entrepreneurship solutions for transformed, responsible leaders. xHub Addis, founded in 2014, is an initiative of CALS that incubates, accelerates, mentors, and coaches young entrepreneurs into turning their innovative ideas into businesses and services.

  • Child Online Africa

    Child Online Africa (COA) is a child-focused research and advocacy non-governmental organization that campaigns for/with children and young people and their families to influence policies and change practices that affect child welfare in Ghana and across Africa. They are open to partnering to co-create content for children in Africa.

  • Cybersafe Foundation

    Cybersafe Foundation is a non-governmental organization in the information security domain on a mission to facilitate pockets of change that ensure a safer internet for everyone with digital access in Africa. They work tirelessly to improve cyber safety in Africa, especially for the most vulnerable in our society through their initiatives.

  • Digify Africa

    Digify Africa began as Live Magazine South Africa when founder Gavin Weale moved to South Africa from the UK to launch the youth publication that he had run in London, UK since 2002. Live Magazine became South Africa’s highest-circulating youth magazine, with the content entirely produced by unemployed youth working under professional mentors. It was a social impact project at its core, with the mission to reach under-resourced youth with critical messaging and to create jobs through its production process. This led the magazine to develop a variety of initiatives, including a four-year democratic engagement campaign, called the VIP campaign, as well as the earliest iteration of Digify Pro, launched in 2014. In 2016, Digify Africa began operating in Kenya and Nigeria, and went through an intense period of growth, delivering a high-volume program of digital skills with Google, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the British Council.

  • Eveminet

    Evemient is a market leader in digital literacy and online safety specializing in the family unit, children, and their ecosystem. They are advocates of inclusive technology for all through their Light It Up Blue Initiative for children with Autism. They are creating global digital champions by being the change they want to see in society.

  • International Education and Resource Network

    International Education And Resource Network (iEARN- Kenya) is a network of educators who train, mentor, and support educators and young adults worldwide in using technologies to engage in service- and project-based learning with their peers worldwide and take global collaborative action in their communities to effect change.

  • Junior Achievement Africa

    Junior Achievement (JA) Africa is one of Africa’s largest organizations focused on preparing young Africans for a successful future. JA Africa is a member of JA Worldwide, one of the world’s largest youth serving NGOs. Through the delivery of hands-on, blended learning in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship, JA empowers young people with skills they need for the future of work so as to secure better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. JA partners with schools across 13 African countries to deliver its digital and financial literacy programs as well as entrepreneurship and employability training programs to over 250,000 youth annually.

  • Mtoto News

    Mtoto News is a media-tech company that leverages technology to improve the lives of children by making their voices heard. Mtoto News creates platforms that enable children to inform policy, program, and practice. These platforms allow for curating, creating, and circulating content by and about children while also encouraging the use of child-led and -informed research by policymakers.

  • National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

    The founding mission of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do, providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards, and advocating related education reforms to integrate National Board Certification in American education and to capitalize on the expertise of National Board Certified Teachers. Recognized as the “gold standard” in teacher certification, the National Board believes higher standards for teachers mean better learning for students.

  • Phambano Technology Development Centre NPC

    Phambano Technology Development Centre NPC is a purpose-driven organization with the aim of becoming known as the go-to solution for technology capacity building in civil society organizations across Southern Africa. Their technology development initiatives allow them to empower other nonprofits to reach more beneficiaries at a local and global level.

  • Plan International

    Founded in 1937, Plan International is a humanitarian child-centered development organization without religious or political affiliation that advances children's rights and equality for girls. It strives for a just world, working together with children, young people, supporters, and partners. Plan International supports the safe and successful progression of children from birth to adulthood.

  • re:learn

    re:learn by CcHUB, the Education practice at Co-Creation Hub Limited, is focused on leveraging technology to help teachers, students, and schools to improve learning outcomes particularly in STEM Education. It curates and creates interactive and engaging content, adopts innovative teaching methods, and supports its community of thousands of teachers to transform learning in their classrooms.

  • Watoto Watch Network

    Watoto Watch Network (WWN) is a child-focused, non-profit organization in Kenya that is taking the lead in raising awareness on child online protection by implementing informative and sensitization programs on internet safety.

Adults Curriculum (18+ years of age)

My Digital World partnered with organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa to develop the learning modules and resources in the curriculum. Learn more about our local partners and how they are shaping the future of digital citizenship in the region below:

  • Get Safe Online

    Get Safe Online is an authoritative and widely-respected resource designed to help individuals and small businesses stay safe, secure and confident when using the internet. The information and advice provided – on its UK website at www.getsafeonline.org, social media channels, media activities, outreach activities and via its partner channels – is designed to be impartial, practical and easy to follow by all of its target audiences. Get Safe Online also works closely with a number of police forces and MOD organisations, and has also, over the last three years, established a network of websites and local representations in 24 countries across the Commonwealth and beyond, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Get Safe Online was established in 2006 and is a not-for-profit organisation.

    Visit Get Safe Online Visit
  • Digital Promise

    Digital Promise is a global nonprofit working to expand opportunity for every learner. We work with educators, researchers, technology leaders, and communities to design, investigate, and scale innovations that support learners, especially those who’ve been historically and systematically excluded.

    Visit Digital Promise Visit
  • Get Safe Online

    Get Safe Online is an authoritative and widely-respected resource designed to help individuals and small businesses stay safe, secure and confident when using the internet. The information and advice provided – on its UK website at www.getsafeonline.org, social media channels, media activities, outreach activities and via its partner channels – is designed to be impartial, practical and easy to follow by all of its target audiences. Get Safe Online also works closely with a number of police forces and MOD organisations, and has also, over the last three years, established a network of websites and local representations in 24 countries across the Commonwealth and beyond, funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Get Safe Online was established in 2006 and is a not-for-profit organisation.

  • Digital Promise

    Digital Promise is a global nonprofit working to expand opportunity for every learner. We work with educators, researchers, technology leaders, and communities to design, investigate, and scale innovations that support learners, especially those who’ve been historically and systematically excluded.

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