Episode 17: A Conversation with Naria Santa Lucia, General Manager of Digital Inclusion at Microsoft Philanthropies

Digital upskilling … digital inclusion.

These are important concepts when one understands the need for economic opportunity for new job seekers and existing business owners in low- to middle-income countries.

Whether from a university in Ghana, or a village in Haryana, it is paramount for people in today’s business ecosystems to have comfort with, and knowledge of, digital technologies to be successful.

Microsoft understands this and has embarked on an ambitious mission to empower not only the emerging new generation of skilled workers across the globe, but also companies, government agencies, and nonprofits who support economic development in low- to middle-income countries.

This may sound like a lofty goal, yet Microsoft is achieving amazing results.

To find out more about how they do this, I was able to have an informative conversation with a woman who is at the heart of it all, Naria Santa Lucia, General Manager of Digital Inclusion at Microsoft Philanthropies.

Naria talked about the vast number of interrelated programs, products, and services Microsoft offers nonprofits, job seekers, and, well, just about anyone who would like to learn more about technology.