Pillar · Education & Innovation
Education & Innovation
We deliver market-relevant ICT programs that take learners from first laptop to first client — building Kenya's next generation of tech leaders.
About this pillar
Our Education & Innovation pillar takes young people from foundational digital literacy through advanced design and engineering tracks, ensuring every learner finishes with a job-ready portfolio.
Every cohort completes a client-facing internship, so graduates leave with proven, paid work on their CV.
Our objectives
Train 1,500+ youth annually in ICT skills
Build job-ready portfolios for every graduate
Incubate 15 youth-led start-ups per year
Bridge the rural digital divide
Programs & projects
Getting Connected
Foundation digital-literacy course.
Media Lab
Advanced UI/UX and mobile app design tracks.
Start-up Incubation
12-week incubation for early-stage founders.
7,000+
Foundation digital-literacy course.
60%
Placed in jobs
13
Start-ups incubated
Pillar · Climate Tech
Climate Justice
We empower young coastal innovators to build the data tools, alerts and trackers that protect ecosystems and vulnerable communities.
About this pillar
In partnership with WWF Kenya our innovators have developed mobile trackers used by community scouts to monitor restoration sites in Gazi Bay and Shimba Hills.
Through the Climate Innovation Grant we provide seed funding and mentorship to youth-led ventures tackling waste management, clean cooking and more.
Our objectives
Empower youth as climate innovators
Field-test climate-tech in coastal communities
Strengthen mangrove and forest restoration
Promote inclusive, just climate action
Programs & projects
Mangrove Tracker
Mobile tool monitoring restoration sites.
Weather Alerts
SMS-based early warning for fishers and farmers.
Climate Innovation Grant
Seed funding for youth-led climate solutions.
20+
Climate-tech solutions piloted
500+
Climate innovators trained
5
Restoration sites monitored
Pillar · Social Cohesion
Peacebuilding
We promote social cohesion and dialogue through digital peace tools and storytelling — equipping youth as ambassadors for non-violent change.
About this pillar
Through our Digital Peace Platforms course, learners launch apps and forums that route reports to the right responders.
We have trained 400 peace ambassadors who continue to lead reconciliation work in Kwale, Kinango, Lunga Lunga and Msambweni.
Our objectives
Train youth as peace ambassadors
Build tools for early dispute reporting
Amplify community storytelling for unity
Reduce localised conflict
Programs & projects
Digital Peace Platforms
Apps and forums for reporting and dialogue.
Mediation Workshops
Skills-building for youth peace ambassadors.
Community Storytelling
Podcasts, video and social campaigns.
400
Peace ambassadors
12+
Communities engaged
3
Sub-counties covered
Pillar · AgriTech
Food Security
We strengthen smallholder food systems by equipping youth to build digital tools that boost yields, open markets and connect farmers to fair prices.
About this pillar
At the heart of resilient coastal communities lies the ability to grow, sell and access food consistently. Our Food Security pillar equips young innovators to build the digital tools that smallholder farmers need.
Working alongside farmer cooperatives in Kwale, we co-design solutions with the communities that use them — ensuring every product is shaped by real conditions in the field.
Our objectives
Build digital tools to improve smallholder yields
Connect farmers to fair, transparent markets
Train 200+ youth annually in AgriTech skills
Pilot climate-smart agriculture practices
Programs & projects
Ukulima AI
AI-powered crop advisory for smallholder farmers.
Coastal Marketplace
Online storefront linking farmers to urban buyers.
AgriTech Bootcamp
12-week training in mobile and web tools for agriculture.
12%
Income increase
1,200
Farmers reached
8
AgriTech products piloted
Pillar · Governance & Leadership
Governance & Leadership
We build the civic muscle of young people — combining leadership training with civic-tech tools that strengthen transparency and accountability.
About this pillar
The Leadership Academy is a six-month intensive in policy analysis, public speaking, advocacy and project management.
Our Civic Tech Lab supports learners to build tools for community reporting, service-delivery feedback and budget transparency.
Our objectives
Equip youth with civic and leadership skills
Build digital tools for transparency
Strengthen youth voice in county decision-making
Develop a pipeline of ethical young leaders
Programs & projects
Leadership Academy
6-month intensive in policy and advocacy.
Civic Tech Lab
Build and launch civic-tech tools.
Civic Pulse
Reporting app for service delivery.
65
Civic leaders developed
5+
Civic-tech tools launched
3
Sub-counties using our tools
Pillar · Research & Consultancy
Research & Consultancy
Through data-driven research and consultancy, we help organisations design, monitor and evaluate impactful youth and community programs.
About this pillar
We design and lead baseline studies, mid-line and end-line evaluations, market scans and policy briefs across ICT, governance, climate action and food systems.
Our consultancy team blends sectoral expertise with the lived knowledge of our network — programme managers, alumni and community researchers.
Our objectives
Generate evidence to strengthen programs
Support partners with M&E systems
Translate research into accessible policy briefs
Centre community voice in every methodology
Programs & projects
Programme Evaluations
Baseline, midline and endline studies.
Policy & Market Briefs
Concise, decision-ready research outputs.
MEL Systems Design
Monitoring, evaluation and learning systems.
Multi
ICT · Climate · Governance
Coastal
Regional reach
Evidence-led
Every engagement