Kenya - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Educare is a digital literacy project that aims to close the digital divide and create employment by empowering Kenyan youths through digital skills such as web development and graphic design and also connecting these youths with available remote jobs.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Educare aims to have a digital literacy hub in every ward in kenya where youths will have access to digitals skills training and afterwards they will also have a chance to use the hub's computers and internet at a fee as they do and search for remote and onsite jobs and ad they establish themselves. Educare will also provide coaching on entrepreneurship, virtual assistant and hands on skills at a small fee.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Educare is trying to solve the increasing unemployment among Kenyan youths and the increasing digital divide in the job market

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

1. Creation of self employment through entrepreneurship skills 2. The user will have higher chances of getting remote jobs through the skills that will be impacted. 3. Through creation of employment it will lead to reduction of poverty thus impacting SDG 1 4. The project will also lead to better working conditions thus impacting SDG 8 5. Through educare, digital education will be promoted that is SDG 4 6. Through digital literacy we also aim to reduce crime by youths, drug abuse and early marriges

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

The project targets the youths especially those that have dropped out of highschool, form four leavers and college graduates that are yet to find jobs. It also targets youths from marginalized areas

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-01-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

1

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Daniel Masha An IT expert with great expertise in full stack development. Also a great entrepreneur

01.09 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link here:

https://educare.or.ke

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Through creation of digital jobs this will directly impact on reduction of poverty as the youths earn

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

02.03.01 My project contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

5

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

As the youths are engaged in paying jobs this will lead to their social well being

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

Educare aims to improve education through offering training of digital skills to youths

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

4

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

4

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Through the skills youths will have access to decent jobs and this will lead to economic growth

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

4

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

4

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

4

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

3

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

3

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

3

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

2

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

2

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

05.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

6

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

4

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

2

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.06 The product/service we envision creating responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

There are many people who have accessed and have digital skills. But as educare we have come in to ensure these skills are easily accessible to all youths at an affordable rates and also the marginalized communities can have access to them.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

Main potential competitors are the Generation Kenya who offer digital skills too but what makes educare stand out is the fact that apart from impacting the skills we will also offer internet and computers to graduates to enable them establish themselves in the job market, also there will be follow up and after training mentorship and connection to remote jobs.

10.06 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

Yes, by investing in the field that is often referred to men I want to promote the role of female entrepreneurs in the digital world