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RATA — Disability-Led Coding, IoT & Assistive-Tech Training in Rwanda

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 55% 72/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Rwandan NGO RATA trains young people with disabilities in coding, IoT and robotics alongside assistive-technology use; its first cohort graduated 20 certified coders with visual and hearing impairments in December 2025, backed by new philanthropic partners.

20 people
Certified coders graduated, first cohort (December 2025)

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Rwanda Assistive Technology Access (RATA)
Period
2018–present
Keywords
assistive technology, vocational training, coding education, disability inclusion

Context

Founded in 2018, Rwanda Assistive Technology Access (RATA) is a disability-led NGO training young Rwandans with disabilities in coding, IoT and robotics alongside assistive-technology use, designed and delivered with input from disabled trainers and mentors.

Results

In December 2025, RATA graduated its first cohort of 20 certified coders — young Rwandans with visual and hearing impairments — as reported by The New Times. The organisation became a Segal Family Foundation partner in December 2024 and was selected for the Issroff Family Foundation's 2026 Collaborative Learning Initiative cohort.

Conclusions

Public reporting to date covers one graduating cohort; RATA has not yet published longer-term employment or income outcomes for its graduates.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — A single NGO running vocational coding/IoT training for one graduating cohort of 20, backed by foundation grants, implies a low-cost, small-scale operating model.
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years) — Founded in 2018 with its first cohort graduating in December 2025 — a multi-year build-up to its first documented output.
Staffing & skills
Rwanda Assistive Technology Access (RATA)

Conditions for success

  • disability-led training design with disabled trainers and mentors
  • institutional philanthropic backing (Segal Family Foundation, Issroff Family Foundation)

Common failure modes

  • only one graduating cohort reported to date
  • no published longer-term employment or income outcomes

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding

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