AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Decent Work & Economic Growth
KEYWORDS
youth employment, education, information
COUNTRY
Kenya
DESIGNED BY
NairoBits Trust
NairoBits was created to empower youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, using Information Communication Technology (ICT). The primary target group for NairoBits are the out of high school disadvantaged youth from the urban settlements of Nairobi, and are aged between 17 and 24 years of age. The Trust envisages a situation where the trained youth access employable ICT skills that will enable them to enter the labour market, through formal or self-employment.
WEBSITE
http://www.nairobits.com
Leveraging on Technology to Transform Lives
Empowering disadvantaged youth in digital design, innovation and excellence in ICT
NairoBits Mandate is to unlock the potential of the targeted youth to improve their socio-economic well-being is also done by building and enhancing relevant inter-personal and professional skills through entrepreneurship, life-skills and sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR- with components of child protection), to increase their chances in the job market and to build their personal confidence and self-esteem. NairoBits has over the years trained over 10,000 youth who have in turn been able to secure employment in both the formal and informal sectors. Targeting of selected youth is inclusive of gender, disability, religious beliefs and ethnicity.