Putting digital inclusion at the centre of every development sector.
The Multi-sectoral Digital Impact initiative fosters innovation and technological transformation across industries through collaborative solutions that bridge digital access gaps. It aims to democratize access, use, and ownership of digital devices while promoting cross-sector collaboration and creating an ecosystem where ideas flourish for societal benefit.
The initiative envisions a society where everyone has access to affordable, meaningful digital tools to enhance productivity and well-being. The mission is to democratize access, use, and ownership of digital devices for everyone, irrespective of conditional ties, fostering better livelihoods.
The initiative promotes affordability, accessibility, ownership, and safe use of digital devices such as computers. It establishes, maintains, and upgrades computer labs progressively from simple facilities to STEM labs and then to SMART labs for primary education. Building on this foundation, the initiative develops labs for high schools and middle-level schools, evolving them into STEAM and Smart labs that integrate arts and technology.
The initiative collaboratively manages a Digital Inclusion Research Laboratory within tertiary institutions for academic and societal impact. It supports local assembling of computers across Africa and researches, monitors, and evaluates the value chain of digital device development in Africa. Additionally, it democratizes digital device accessories through outreach programs and aligns community needs via a device access bank with comprehensive information support.
The Chamber of Multi-Sectoral Digital Impact operates through five specialized divisions. The Division of Partnership for Device Access focuses on building strategic partnerships to improve device access across communities. The Division of Device Ownership Assistance provides support programs to facilitate device ownership in underserved areas.
The Division of Community Device Access ensures community-based access points and digital literacy programs. The Division of Africa Computer Assembly promotes local manufacturing and assembly of computers across the continent. The Division of Africa Devices Manufacturing supports the development of local manufacturing capacities for digital devices, strengthening Africa's technological self-sufficiency.
Lifelong digital learning pathways for every African.
Affordable, sustainable device access for under-served communities.
The technical backbone that keeps inclusion programmes running.
Digital inclusion that reaches the people too often left behind.
Evidence-led policy for an inclusive digital Africa.
Growing Africa's digital industry from the ground up.
