In this episode of the #NiunetPodcast we speak with Dika Kwa. She is the Director of Projects at Katalite Consultancy, a consultancy passionate about creating pathways for young Papua New Guineans, and aims to assist them to get the exposure they need to build their career and the nation. The key product they provide is the development of internship programs for interested organizations. They also run productivity sessions focused on teaching the many uses of Google, Gmail, and Zoom to improve workflow effececiancy and productivity. We’ll be talking about their productivity sessions, Katalite’s journey and how they got started, the need for awareness of technological literacy, how versatile having a simple Gmail can be nowadays, and the importance of developing these skills for the evolving workforce environment. Here are time codes for easy navigation 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Show Introductions 01:08 - When Katalite got started 02:13 - Who is Dika and what is Katalite Consultancy 03:12 - Where the name “Katalite” came from 04:10 - How it all came about 05:58 - Dika’s experience with the changing digital workplace 06:41 - the first time Dika had to make practical learning materials for Google meets 08:45 - Dika explains what their Productivity Basics sessions comprise of 10:25 - Being tech-literate is not the norm amongst the general PNG workforce 12:43 - Dika describes how the student’s sessions go 18:32 - What Katalites believes 19:35 - The Katalite slogan 20:49 - What internships can do for a post-graduate 21:25 - How Katalite approaches businesses with their services 23:21 - The different kinds of sessions they run 27:26 - How they run their student sessions 28:02 - How they run their sessions for those already in the workforce 28:27 - Venue arrangements for their free sessions 29:48 - How the reception has been since they started 31:17 - How Katalite will run its free sessions for July 2022 31:54 - How to get into contact with Katalite 35:09 - What you can do nowadays with a Gmail account 36:51 - Katalite’s plans for an SME series of sessions 40:20 - Who makes up the Katalite Consultancy team? 43:17 - Closing 43:38 - ENDS Don’t forget; you can message us if you have any questions or get in touch through email at [email protected]! Have anyone interesting for us to talk to? Let us know too! Hope you enjoy the episode everyone! #niunetpng #educationeverywhere #experience #technology #productivity #techliteracy