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Young people invent an award-winning eco-toilet

It’s a hot and humid morning on John Ochieng’s farm on the outskirts of Kisumu town, near a small lagoon. John is a bright and healthy 77-year-old who strides through the fields in bare feet, some of his toenails missing after decades of labour. He enjoys practicing his English. “How are you coping with the atmosp...

GenU Kenya

About 900,000 new jobs are needed in Kenya each year to accommodate the growing working age population. GenU Kenya is helping to prepare today’s youth for the jobs of tomorrow, by expanding digital solutions that offer learning, skilling and employment opportunities. GenU Kenya was launched in 2020 with a goal to...

Young Kenyan founds organization to provide relief packages to residents of informal settlements

When the pandemic hit her home country, Kenyan youth activist Wevyn Muganda noticed that the crisis wasn’t just posing a health challenge, but was also exacerbating existing challenges that Kenya was facing. During the early months of the pandemic, 40% of the population in Kenya were unemployed. Poverty increased ...

Meet the Unlimited: Calvin Shikuku

My name is Calvin Shikuku, a youth advocate from Mathare which is one of Kenya’s largest informal settlements. I am an enthusiast of mobile journalism which I got from my passion to deal with some of the challenges my community was facing. Having been raised through difficulty in Mathare, I became determined to be...

IKEA Foundation launches new Green Entrepreneurship Initiative

Does your organisation work to advance green entrepreneurship as a means of helping people improve their employment and livelihoods while protecting the planet? Could your programme serve as a model for others to follow? We’re requesting proposals for our Green Entrepreneurship Initiative from independent organiza...

08 February 2021

Youth in Kenya transforming informal urban settlements

Growing up in Mathare isn’t easy. Home to roughly 500,000 people who live in small shanties made of old metal sheets and mud, this collection of sprawling informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, is known for its gang violence. As many as one in three adults here is HIV positive, most are unemployed and everyone is...

06 January 2021

Kenya: Joining forces to meet youth ambitions in Kenya

Kenya — Officially launched on August 5, 2020, Generation Unlimited in Kenya involves young people, the private sector, youth organisations, bilateral and multilateral partners as well as financing organizations to empower young people to become productive and engaged members of society. Echoing President Uhuru Ke...