Nurturing Employability.

Growing Responsible Innovators.

Enhancing Learning Outcomes.

What beneficiaries say

“My idea of innovation has changed. I learned responsible innovation and putting people at the center of my design thinking. ”
“KamiLimu changed my perspective about academic work. I did not put much effort into my schoolwork before. I used to think I would get discontinued because of performance, but after KamiLimu, I can confidently say I will graduate with a computing degree from university, with meaningful grades.”
“By learning industry-relevant cybersecurity skills at KamiLimu, I am considering changing my career pursuits to cybersecurity engineering. ”

How We Measure Impact

  • Reaction is measured by:

    • The demand for the program.

    • The number of beneficiaries served.

    • The number of collaborators engaged.

    • The extent of gender inclusion among beneficiaries and collaborators.

    • Number of upskilling sessions.

    • Attendance rating across all upskilling sessions.

    • Retention rate (beneficiaries who start and finish the program).

    • Beneficiaries' satisfaction with the program.

  • Learning is measured by:

    • The level of content understanding per session.

    • Pre- and post-program comparison of self-rated skills.

    • The level of skill achievement across our pillars.

  • The extent to which beneficiaries use the skills they have learned in the program to:

    • Build and launch innovations.

    • Pursue employment and advance careers.

    • Apply for scholarship funding and fellowships.

    • Transform academic participation and performance in their university courses.

    • Immerse themselves in tech and non-tech communities.

  • Results are measured by:

    • The quality of the program ndicated by beneficiaries.

    • Self-declared personal impact.

    • Employment opportunities earned.

    • Innovations built and launched.

    • Scholarship, fellowship, and funding applications won.

    • Feedback from employers and alumni.

Reaction Highlights

Demand

Increase in applicants from students in just 4 Kenyan universities in 2016 to students in 55 universities in 2024.

Inclusion

49.4% of male beneficiaries and 50.6% of female beneficiaries served since 2016.

Quality

Increase in program quality from 67% excellent rating in Cohort 3, to 100% in Cohort 7, as rated by beneficiaries.

Behavior Highlights

Starting Cohort 8, we showcase the pilot-stage innovations built by our beneficiaries across various ICT tracks. Teams implement human-centered responsible innovation models to build a full solution from problem ideation to technical implementation.

  • Cohort 8 Lead Mentor - John Kuria

    Track Peer Mentor - Tony Mugo

    4 Projects

    Codehound, an early-detection mechanism for security vulnerability in JavaScript code, by Tiffany Kosgey (Team Lead), Wayne Asava, and Sherry Obare.

    Himaya, protecting Gmail users from ransomware threats by Abigail Mbugua, Linet Ithara, and Peter Wambua | Winner, KamiLimu Innovation Competition.

    Huntertrust, a browser-based email monitoring extension to monitor phishing attempts, by James Kibuti, Vivian Nkatha, and Sarah Laura.

    Tiktactics, a Tiktok phishing detection mobile app, by Jean Wanjira, Dorcas Nkirote, and Collins Kubu.

  • Cohort 8 Lead Mentor - Sydney Ochieng

    Track Peer Mentor - Adriana Helga

    5 Projects

    • CitizenLense, a sentiment-analysis model to increase accountability of CDF-fund use, by Rachael Kibicho (Team Lead), Angela Kinoro, and George Karanja | Runner-up KamiLimu Innovation competition.

    • iPrevent, a machine learning approach to predicting type II diabetes, by Brian Kinyanjui (Team Lead), Justine Kebiba, and Stephanie Mukami.

    • Signstream, a sign-language translator for virtual platforms by Fidel Otieno (Team Lead), Danny Ndikuriyo, and Victoria Rotich.

    • Safeway, a safety-aware re-routing software by Joy Nyayieka, Joy Kendi, and Simon Kiragu.

    • SafeMom, predictive machine learning for preeclampsia by Denish Awajo, Sebastian Chanzu, and Eddah Chepchirchir.

  • Cohort 8 Lead Mentor - Arshfod Captano

    Track Peer Mentor - Gladys Kanyora

    1 Project

    ViaziLink, linking potato farmers to buyers, by Hansel Omondi, Kristian Onjala, and Prince Gichere.

  • Cohort 8 Lead Mentor - Abdul Rahman Rehmtulla.

    Track Peer Mentor - Japhet Brandon

    3 Projects

    Innova8Pulse, fuelling innovation beyond hackathons, by Steve Muiga (Team Lead) and Hulda Kaura.

    Patriots, Katiba demystified by Kennedy Mwendwa (Team Lead), Sally Mulupi, and Sandra Wanjiku.

    TeloSoma, Learning Simplified, by Shadrack Anyona (Team Lead), Sharon Chang’ach, and David Maigwa,

Results Highlights

Maurine Basoi , Cohort 4

Maurine’s learning outcomes were enhanced when she applied scholarship and professional development skills learned at KamiLimu to earn a full Mandela Rhodes Foundation Scholarship towards a Masters Degree at the University of Cape Town.

Abednego Machogu , Cohort 6

Abednego’s employability was nurtured when he applied communication, organization, and tech skills he learned at KamiLimu to earn an internship role at Microsoft ADC, which led to a Software Engineering position at the same company.

Lindah and her team’s innovation was developed when they applied human-centered design and ICT skills learned at KamiLimu to build ClassifyMe, and pitched it to win seed-funding by Mozilla’s Africa Mradi in 2023, towards scaling their idea.

Published Works

  • A paper published and presented at the 2019 SIGCSE conference describing KamiLimu's mentorship model.

    See the full abstract here.

    Email us if you would like us to share the full paper. We'd be happy to!

  • A peer-reviewed paper was published and presented at the 2022 International Conference of Education, Research conference, describing KamiLimu's impact on employability.

    See the full abstract here.

    Email us if you would like us to share the full paper. We'd be happy to!

  • An edited article published in 2021 in The Conversation Africa.

    See the article here.

Awards

Gold

Award

Recognized by the 2020 Reimagine Education Awards and Conference an an organization that nurtures employability.

Silver

Award

Recognized by the 2020 Reimagine Education Awards and Conference an organization that nurtures employability.

Changing Lives Award

Recognized by the 2022 East Africa Com Conference as an organization committed to improving lives in the continent.