Bitget and UNICEF Team Up to Teach Blockchain Skills to Young People
Bitget, a cryptocurrency exchange, is partnering with UNICEF’s office in Luxembourg to help young people—especially girls—learn about blockchain and digital skills. The plan is to reach around 300,000 people over three years, including teachers and parents, across eight countries. Armenia, Brazil, Cambodia, and India are on the list, along with Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Morocco, and South Africa. There’s talk of adding a ninth country later, though details are still fuzzy.
The partnership puts Bitget into UNICEF’s Game Changers Coalition, a group working to close the gap in digital skills between young men and women. Right now, girls in poorer countries miss out on billions in economic opportunities simply because they don’t have the same access to tech education. It’s a big problem when nearly every job these days needs some level of digital know-how.
Learning Through Games—And Maybe a Few Surprises
Bitget Academy, the company’s education division, will build UNICEF’s first interactive blockchain training course. The twist? It’ll use video game design to make the lessons stick. The idea isn’t entirely new, but it’s a step up from dry textbooks or lectures. Teachers and students will get both online and in-person options, which could make a difference in places with spotty internet.
Sandra Visscher from UNICEF Luxembourg called the deal a “powerful driver for opportunity.” She didn’t spell out exactly how, but the gist is clear: if kids understand blockchain early, they might have a better shot at jobs—or even creating something useful with the tech.
Bitget’s managing director, Gracy Chen, was more direct. She argued that blockchain shouldn’t be a niche skill for the wealthy. “It’s one of the most powerful tools we can give to younger generations,” she said, pointing to the company’s Blockchain4Her program, which started small but now aims to reach thousands of girls globally.
Why This Might Actually Matter
There’s no shortage of crypto companies promising to “educate” people, but most efforts fizzle out. This one has UNICEF’s backing, though, and a $10 million fund behind it. Bitget also plans to bring in outside developers and blockchain experts to mentor students. Whether that’ll work in places where even basic tech access is shaky is still an open question.
But the bigger goal is hard to ignore: by 2027, the coalition wants 1.1 million girls trained in digital skills. Bitget’s role is just one piece, alongside groups like Women in Games and the Micron Foundation. If even half of that target is met, it could shift things for a lot of young women who’d otherwise be left behind.
No one’s pretending blockchain is a magic fix. But for once, the hype might actually line up with something real.
