Huawei's mobile training hub bridges digital gap in rural Uganda to improve livelihoods

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Huawei's mobile training hub bridges digital gap in rural Uganda to improve livelihoods

STORY: Huawei's mobile training hub bridges digital gap in rural Uganda to improve livelihoods SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:32 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sandra Apio 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SANDRA APIO, Farmer 3. various of interior of Huawei's DigiTruck 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): HENRY KUNYINGA, Lead instructor of DigiTruck 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ROBERT OTUKE, Student of DigiTruck 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JESSICA ALUPO, Uganda's Vice President STORYLINE: Although internet penetration is relatively low in rural Uganda, young farmers are benefiting from a mobile training hub provided by Chinese technology company Huawei and gaining skills in using the internet to research ways to improve their yields and market their produce. Sandra Apio, 28, a farmer in the Katakwi District of eastern Uganda, was glad that she could access the market for her three-acre (about 1.21 hectares) cassava plantation online, or at least know the market p

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