Many young people in the community of Chorkor, near Accra, lack the skills needed to thrive in a digital age. Local and international organizations have now partnered to unveil a lab that aims to train these children to become the next big thing in tech in Ghana.
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00:40 Connecting these kids to digital skills
00:42 will give them a future that we all dream for them.
00:47 And Cisco is here to support the initiative.
00:50 We're also looking at expanding into other communities
00:54 and giving the opportunity.
00:56 And you know, Basics is going to benefit more
00:59 because this is our pioneer lab.
01:01 But it's not going to be limited to Basics.
01:03 It's not going to also be limited to the community of Choco.
01:06 It's going to cover the entire of Ghana,
01:08 you know, if they can make it down to Choco.
01:10 But we're looking at expanding.
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01:15 Most of us in the community do not
01:30 have our own personal laptops.
01:32 We do not have our own personal technical items.
01:35 And so with the launch of Choco Digital Lab,
01:37 it's going to help us a lot in the community in the sense
01:40 that people are going to be learning technical skills
01:43 or to have technical skills whereby they
01:45 are going to be working to earn money
01:47 and to also grow their businesses.
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01:52 I'm happy.
01:59 I feel joy.
02:01 I feel that this is a step forward to Ghana,
02:04 a step forward to Choco.
02:06 I'm very proud of this, that partnership
02:09 is the power of partnership, that Cisco
02:11 can see a small organization like us
02:14 and put their strength behind us.
02:15 So we're just happy and excited about the possibilities
02:19 for the students of Ghana, particularly Choco.
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