What works in Kenya
26 evaluated practices · All catalogues
Evidence snapshot for Kenya
Kenya has built several large-scale digital inclusion initiatives: M-Pesa lifted an estimated 194,000 households out of extreme poverty and now serves 40 million monthly users handling roughly 59% of Kenya's GDP in transaction value, while Ajira Digital has trained 390,968 young people across all 47 counties and connected 119,462 to online jobs since 2017. Accessibility and environmental initiatives have also scaled: Signs Media Kenya's assistALL app grew from under 2,000 to 7,000 users by late 2022 and was adopted by Kenya's electoral commission, while the Green Belt Movement trained over 30,000 women in nursery management and tree-planting, resulting in 51 million trees planted across Africa. The evidence demonstrates Kenya's capacity to scale digital services and community-led environmental governance, though most practices report descriptive or self-reported outcomes rather than randomised impact evaluations.
Drawn from: M-Pesa – Mobile Money as Financial and Digital Inclusion Infrastructure · Signs TV & assistALL (Signs Media Kenya) · eKitabu Accessible Content Program: Born-Accessible Books & Kenyan Sign Language Storytelling · Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth · Green Belt Movement — Women-Led Reforestation and Environmental Governance, Kenya (1977–present) · Close the Gap - Mombasa Circular Economy Hub for Refurbished ICT · Kenya Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) — Government Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs · AkiraChix codeHive — Residential Tech-Training Pathway for Young Women in East Africa
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.67
Equity & inclusion +0.36
Documented learning +0.276
Demonstrated reach +0.265
Curator validation +0.25
Transparency, fairness & accountability +0.203
Evidence of learning impact +0.173
Evaluated outcomes +0.163
Sustainability (ongoing) +0.095
Weaknesses
Transparency, ethics & data protection -0.084
Evidence of impact / measured public value -0.098
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.102
Achievement / evidence -0.127
Scalability & sustainability -0.147
Teacher capability & pedagogy -0.147
Effectiveness -0.211
Efficiency -0.317
Top good practices here
M-Pesa – Mobile Money as Financial and Digital Inclusion Infrastructure · 100
Signs TV & assistALL (Signs Media Kenya) · 96
eKitabu Accessible Content Program: Born-Accessible Books & Kenyan Sign Language Storytelling · 92
Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth · 92
Green Belt Movement — Women-Led Reforestation and Environmental Governance, Kenya (1977–present) · 89
Close the Gap - Mombasa Circular Economy Hub for Refurbished ICT · 88
Kenya Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) — Government Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs · 85
AkiraChix codeHive — Residential Tech-Training Pathway for Young Women in East Africa · 82
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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