Internet professionals in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Maldives eligible to express interest by Jan 20, 2025
The APNIC Foundation is pleased to launch its Expressions of Interest for possible sponsored technical training and community engagement opportunities under its Digital Leap South Asia Project’s 2025 cohort. This is in support of Internet professionals working in Afghanistan (or diaspora Afghans), the Maldives, and Pakistan.
If you have a technical background in Internet development, its operations, security, policy, regulatory or research or similar function, you can apply by 11:59 (GMT/UTC) of the deadline of 20 Jan 2025 using the link below:
About the APNIC Foundation’s Digital Leap South Asia Project
In January 2022, the APNIC Foundation initiated its “Mentoring Network – Afghanistan” project with a goal to enhance information sharing, technical knowledge, and local and regional engagement of the Afghan technical community. In 2024 the project expanded its geographic coverage to include Afghanistan, the Maldives, and Pakistan, which is now known as the Digital Leap South Asia Project. This South Asia project aims to enhance technical skills and competencies in the topics of Internet development, operations, security, and policy and regulatory in these three economies of South Asia.
The training and professional development activities under this project are demand-driven and based on a personalized plan by its participants. Examples may include professional certification and courses from well recognized training providers such as CompTIA, Cisco, Coursera, the APNIC Academy, among others. To further enhance professional development and increase participation and representation, selected project participants may receive support to attend events as speakers or registered participants, receive research support, among other possibilities depending on their performance.
