Code for Nepal, a US based an all-volunteer non-profit organisation, has announced a digital conference in Janakpur beginning March 8

National and international professionals will gather at the two-day conference to discuss how young people in Nepal can prepare themselves to use digital tools for making their dreams a reality, the organisers said.

It aims to empower the youths, support a local digital literacy centre and promote scholarship programmes for women to learn coding by granting Rs 450,000 over the next year.