Digital learning

The Seafarer Digital Literacy Initiative (SDLI) is helping ensure that African seafarers are equipped to thrive in the emerging digital world at sea. Founded by Fieldbase Services Ltd, and sponsored by KVH Industries Inc and Intelsat, the SDLI is a training programme, based in Port Harcourt Nigeria, that includes a mix of classroom training and ongoing onboard education covering everything from basic computer skills, document sharing, and digital signatures to the use of satellite communication systems, electronic charts, remote service and support tools and the basics of cyber security.