Abstract tech imagery or youth coding/designing
Millennials as Tech Custodians Empowering Gen Z's Digital Future — Enabling secure, inclusive, and innovative digital tools for Gen Z leadership.
High mobile penetration but uneven internet access (urban vs rural)
Persists across gender, caste, and geography
State surveillance and shutdowns threaten digital freedoms
Low digital literacy makes many vulnerable to false information
Active on TikTok, Instagram, and Telegram
Technology can amplify their leadership globally
Need access to secure tools and infrastructure
Provide infrastructure, security, and mentorship for digital empowerment
Tools should strengthen youth autonomy, not control them
Prevent dependency on closed, exploitative systems
Tech must serve marginalized, low-literacy, and rural users
Protection against censorship and surveillance is non-negotiable
Set up encrypted chat platforms (Signal, Matrix, Briar). Train Gen Z on digital hygiene: passwords, 2FA, avoiding phishing. Provide VPNs and anti-surveillance tools during shutdowns.
Example:
During internet shutdowns, secure mesh networks can keep communications flowing.
Build youth-led portals for petitions, crowdsourced policy input, and participatory budgeting. Municipal-level youth assemblies could use online feedback tools.
Example:
Taiwan's vTaiwan used civic tech for citizen input on national laws.
Support youth fact-checking networks. Create media literacy campaigns on how to verify sources. Build dashboards that visualize disinformation flows.
Example:
Youth fact-checkers can counter false narratives about protests or policies in real-time.
Train Gen Z in data collection and visualization (surveys, GIS mapping, Ushahidi). Use open datasets to inform activism.
Example:
Nepal Flood Early Warning System could integrate with youth-led alert systems.
Help set up makerspaces, hackathons, and incubation hubs for youth startups. Focus on social innovation — local solutions for education, climate, and health.
Example:
Youth-led air quality monitoring apps addressing Kathmandu's pollution crisis.
Train youth in podcasting, video editing, graphic design. Amplify their voices globally with bilingual websites, blogs, and TikToks.
Example:
Hong Kong's global recognition came largely from youth-created digital content.
Citizens trained in safe internet use and digital tools
Local centers for coding, digital design, and problem-solving
Villages or cooperatives providing community internet access
Communities co-designing apps, dashboards, and alert systems
Digital-first state — voting, taxes, and records online
vTaiwan civic platform crowdsourced legislation
M-PESA mobile payments revolutionized access to finance
Crowdsourced constitution using online platforms
Aadhaar & UPI scaled, but also showed risks of exclusion and surveillance — lessons for Nepal
Nepal can build on its mobile-first culture and cooperative traditions to create uniquely inclusive digital systems that serve all communities.
Signal, Matrix, Briar for secure communications
Notion, Nextcloud, open-source Kanban tools
Ushahidi, OpenStreetMap for protests & resources
For transparent fund tracking and community governance
Multilingual translation, summarization, and civic education
Tools to fund youth projects globally
Manage servers, platforms, and security systems
Teach coding, cybersecurity, and media literacy
Guide youth in startups, civic-tech projects, and hackathons
Link Gen Z innovators to accelerators, donors, and tech diaspora
Monitor digital rights abuses and advocate for privacy laws
"Technology is the accelerator of movements — it can spread voices, build transparency, and connect Nepal to the world. Tech should amplify voices, not silence them. It belongs to the people."
Millennials can help provide the infrastructure, safety, and mentorship to ensure technology remains a tool of liberation, not suppression.