Any developmental process goes through information gathering, processing and sharing whether it is about growing crops, selling or buying goods, accessing to education, health care, public services. African youth and women, like anybody else, need to go through this process for their own development and their participation in the global economy. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are means to produce, receive and disseminate information and thus, can be tools for social changes through development of civic awareness and sharing of knowledge.

Mastering ICT through education and capacity building is a must for African development and the objective of Bokk Jang is to achieve this goal !

Bokk - Jang Bokk Jeff (2B1) is a Non Government Organization created by professionals in Education, Vocational, Information and Communication Technologies, gender and development to assess their contribution to the economic and social development of Senegal and Africa in the information society.

2B1’s purpose is to participate in the African effort to bridge the digital divide, to eradicate poverty and illiteracy for social inclusion and development.

2B1-SN’s activities within the disadvantaged local communities are based on expertise to achieve the ideology of solidarity and sharing of knowledge (know how to do and behave) for the profit of youth and women victims of illiteracy or very little education, regardless of their social, economic, religious or political backgrounds.

2B1 is an institution working to bridge the digital divide and to promote gender equality through the education of youth with ICT.

The social / educational context and the impact of ICT on the development in the 21st century world have put emphasis on the necessity and emergency to create Education Research and Vocational Training Centres integrating ICT as learning tools.

The 2B1 educational project to set up these Centres is motivated by the problems due to the low rate of literacy and the big number of drop out children from schools despite the significant progress made in the african educational systems.