Digify Africa Launches AI-Focused Digital Skills Programme Targeting 63% Mobile Internet Usage Gap

Digify Africa publicly invited young people across the continent to enroll in a new AI-focused skills programme on May 6, 2026, covering digital foundations, artificial intelligence literacy, and cybersecurity. The announcement cited GSMA 2026 Mobile Economy data showing a 63% mobile broadband usage gap — the share of Africans with signal coverage who still do not use the internet — and UNICEF data noting 9 in 10 non-internet-using youth live in Africa, Asia, or the Pacific. The programme targets digital skills as the primary barrier to closing Africa's usage gap, emphasizing that infrastructure-only approaches have failed to translate coverage expansion into adoption in the continent's rural and low-income populations.