Community Digital Champions
True progress begins with inclusion. The DEGESI project is dedicated to closing the digital divide for Kenya’s most excluded populations. By equipping women and girls, youth, smallholder farmers, and senior citizens with essential digital skills, we are opening doors to economic opportunity, civic participation, and social connection. Discover how we’ve built a foundation of digital literacy for over 80,000 Kenyans.
Empowering Communities, Bridging the Divide
Inclusive by Design: We achieved a remarkable gender balance, with 49.6% female CDCs, and successfully engaged youth, with 88% of applicants aged 18-35.
Targeting Economic Need: The program powerfully attracted those ready for change—56% were unemployed, and 84% lacked income-generating activities.
Proven Skill Gains: The CDC training delivered significant results, with the most dramatic improvements in practical, income-focused areas like Online Work Skills and Digital Entrepreneurship.
Foundational Skills for Every Citizen
Beyond the CDCs, we directly empowered 73,528 citizens with foundational digital literacy, focusing on the most vulnerable.
Our participants included a large number with no formal education (34%) and limited income (93.6% earned below Ksh 50,000 monthly), proving our model’s adaptability.
Post-training results showed massive leaps in understanding, especially in critical areas like safe internet use (Cyber Hygiene), accessing government services online, and managing e-waste responsibly.