What you will be able to do
Use a smartphone and a computer confidently and safely for communication, information, services, learning and money.
Syllabus
- Handling a device: power, touch, keyboard, files, apps, storage.
- Communication: calls, WhatsApp, email, video calls, etiquette.
- Finding and judging information, including AI answers (module: Responsible AI).
- Online services: ZIMRA, ZIMSEC, council, utility and bank apps, forms and documents.
- Mobile money and safe payments.
- Scams, passwords and privacy.
- Learning online and offline: Moodle, YouTube, offline library.
- Health and agriculture information.
- Using technology for a small income: selling, ordering, records.
Hands-on practical activities
- Learners set up an email account and a secure password manager habit
- complete a real online form with a facilitator
- run a mobile money transaction in a training wallet
- identify five scam messages from a bank
- make and share a short video
- record household or small-business income and costs in a spreadsheet
Resources and equipment
Shared tablets or low-cost laptops (1 per 2 learners), phones the learners own, solar Sun Box or classroom solar set, offline library server.
🔋 No power? Off-grid option
Mode C ready: runs offline on a solar-supported device and local server.
Career direction
Not a job course in itself: it opens access to every other course and to online services. Next steps ZTH-BUS-001, ZTH-FIN-001, ZTH-DAT-001, ZTH-AI-001.
Why it matters in the market
Digital inclusion, mobile money and e-government use are growing faster than the skills to use them safely.
Assessment
Practical skills check plus a personal "digital life plan" showing three technology habits adopted and one income or learning goal.
Progression
36 contact hours over 8 to 12 weeks; no entry requirement beyond basic literacy; delivered in English, Shona or Ndebele.