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Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 23% 92/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Kenya's Ajira Digital programme has trained 390,968 young people across all 47 counties since 2017 via 101 free-access empowerment centres, connecting 119,462 to online jobs in the gig economy, with a Dalberg-evaluated impact.

390,968
Young people trained (since 2017)
all 47
Counties covered
119,462
Connected to online jobs

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
ICT Authority, Ministry of Information, Communication and Digital Economy, Kenya
Period
2017-present
Keywords
youth, women, digital employment, gig economy, low-income, rural, digital skills

Context

Kenya's Ajira Digital programme trains young people in digital skills and connects them to online gig-economy jobs through free-access empowerment centres.

Results

Since 2017 it has trained 390,968 young people across all 47 counties via 101 empowerment centres and connected 119,462 to online jobs, with a Dalberg-evaluated impact.

Implementation

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