• MTN attended a UNDP timbuktoo panel at UNGA81 on preparing Africa’s workforce for the AI era.
• Discussion shifted digital inclusion from connectivity toward “learning-to-earning” pathways tied to jobs, entrepreneurship, and economic participation.
• Talks with UNDP focused on combining MTN’s platforms and skills programs with UNDP policy reach to scale youth digital skills access.
• Panel flagged tools constraints as a competitiveness risk, citing gaps in devices, connectivity, compute infrastructure, data, and capital.

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