National Digital Talent Policy

Rwanda’s National Digital Talent policy aims to increase digital literacy and skills and across all levels of Rwanda society both in terms of quality and quantity. Implementation of this nationwide digital literacy programme linked to e1government and e1business services will significantly benefit Rwandan citizens, attract global talents and drive progress toward achieving the country’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) targets and beyond. Considering current figures on ICT Literacy status in Rwanda, there is a need to harmonize the progress being made in ICT Sector with continuing efforts to address the issue of limited ICT Skills and literacy in a systematic manner. According to the EICV IV, computer literacy has increased in the past three years from 5.3% to 8.4% overall and almost doubled from 6.5% to 10.9% in the younger cohort. The urban/rural divide is estimated around a quarter (26%) of all individuals living in urban areas reported as being computer literate compared to rural folks who are estimated at 6.8% of the whole population.