16 young women graduate from AjiraForShe apprenticeship initiative

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Nairobi, Kenya August 25...Ajira digital program under the ministry of information, communication and digital economy held a graduation for the first cohort of 16 young women in the AjiraForShe apprenticeship program

Under the Ajira digital program whose aim is to advance opportunities for young women In Kenya in the digital economy through building their confidence in taking up digital job opportunities

Strategic collaborations with AjiraForShe partners  that are women empowerment organisations including nice place foundation, madrassa Tulfalaha and hope world wide Kenya were involved in incubation of the digital interns 

Assistant director state department of ICT and digital economy said that the government objective is to enable 1,450 hubs across the country

"Through the support of MasterCard foundation , we hope to enable more young people to access free digital skills across the country as we close the digital and gender divide" said Priscilla maina

"As MasterCard foundation we are committed to empowering over 30 million young people in Africa with 7 million of those being Kenyans and 70 percent being young women" said Anthony karanja planning , strategy at MasterCard foundation 

In addition Ajira digital has seen over 350, 000 trained and mentored on digital skills with 53 percent being young women , furthermore 150, 000 of total trained have been directly linked to digital work opportunities both private sector and the government

Dr.Ehud Gachugu project director Ajira digital program while urging young people to put away perception that there are no jobs and instead use there skills and talents to solve problems in the society by providing solutions 



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