Compiled by Anthony M. Wanjohi: The following is a list of Embassies in Kenya which provides key contacts details including physical address, emails and websites for those who may be seeking for funding opportunities among other reasons. While the list provides key contacts information, there is a need to verify from the respective embassies’ websites….
Author: KENPRO
Kenya Projects Organization is a membership organization founded and registered in Kenya in the year 2009. The main objective of the organization is to build individual and institutional capacities through project planning and management, research, publishing and IT.
Funding Agencies with Open Deadlines
Compiled by Anthony M. Wanjohi: The following is a list of funding agencies with open deadlines. For more information, kindly visit the individual agency website. Cargill Type of projects: environmental stewardship; education; food security and nutrition Countries: worldwide Grant range: unspecified Charles Hayward Foundation Type of projects: clean water and sanitation; basic health programmes; self-sustainability…
Education Technology: What Africa Needs
By Jamie Martin, Founder of Injini: “I believe the true opportunity, both for technology to transform lives and societies through better education, and to build EdTech companies of great value, may lie in Africa.” For a sizeable population, if someone asked the importance of technology in education, they would say – ‘Yes, to a certain…
The Impact of COVID-19 on Education in Africa
By Grand View Research: With Africa reeling from the coronavirus pandemic amid the absence of a strong healthcare setup, there is another area that the governments can ill-afford to turn away from – education! The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been there for all to see. Deaths have become commonplace every day, and the…
An Overview of Women Enterprise Fund in Kenya
Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) is a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs established in August 2007 to provide accessible and affordable credit to support women start and/or expand business for wealth and employment creation (WEF, 2007). The role of entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial culture in economic and social…
Youth Enterprise Development Fund
Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) is a state corporation under the ministry of public service and one of the vision 2030’s flagship projects under the social pillar. It was established in 2007 mainly to address challenges faced by youth unemployment with its main aim as turning youth into job creators. This article outlines the mandates,…
Youth Entrepreneurship Program for Self-reliance
Executive Summary: The national youth policy, “visualizes a society where youth have an equal opportunity as other citizens to realize their fullest potential, productively participating in economic, social, political, cultural and religious life without fear or favour.” Despite this visualization, youth in Kenya continue to face myriad of challenges including but not limited to lack…