Baci visits five tertiary institutions on digital empowerment tour

Winner of Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) season 8 and founder of Malol-Lol Foundation, Abigail Bentie Baciara, otherwise known as Baci, has charged students to embrace the changing trends in today’s digital world and make the most out of it.

Baci made this known when she visited five tertiary institutions as part of her Ghana Tertiary Digital Empowerment (GTDE) tour.

The institutions visited by Baci included the University of Education, Winneba, University Of Cape Coast, Accra Technical University, University of Professional Studies Accra and the University of Ghana.

The tour was also aimed at acquainting herself with the conditions under which students are pursuing academic work.

In her address, the GMB queen said the world is increasingly becoming interconnected and influenced by several factors of which Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become a major driver.

She also mentioned that her goal to become a beauty queen and a community developer has been and still is to contribute her quota to national development in every possible way since her crowning in 2014.

Baci who has been engaged in the promotion of basic education through the distribution over 10,000 customized exercise books as well as teaching and learning materials in over seven districts in Ghana as well as the distribution of solar panels in Tuluwe, said her vision is to extend the GTDE tour all tertiary institutions in Ghana.

However, she indicated that funding has become a major obstacle in achieving this, and appealed for support.

GTDE Tour

The Ghana Tertiary Digital Empowerment Tour which is a Malol-lol Ghana Foundation initiative in partnership with Edubox Nigeria, Mind the Gap Nigeria, and powered by Google Digital Skills Program (GDSP) for Africa is aimed at empowering individuals above 18 years with the necessary digital skills and knowledge to make the most of the web.

The GDSP is a Free Offline (Classroom) and Online Certification training program which forms part of Google’s commitment to bridge the digital literacy gap in Africa in order to raise the next generation of the African workforce and expand opportunities.