Overview by the Numbers:
Currently Serving: 250 students
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<img src="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" alt="/icons/sharing_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Summary of Team4Tech Contributions and Collaborations (2024):
- Partnership began in 2021
- 4 projects with 48 pro bono consultants
- 1,094+ pro bono hours committed
- $229,700+ value of pro bono consulting
- $60,000 in grant support
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Background:
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ð NairoBits empowers underserved youth aged 17-24 in Kenya with tech education, presenting them with opportunities to succeed & end poverty.
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ð€Â Partnership Objectives:
NairoBits partners with Team4Tech to scale their programs to serve a wider range of youth, regularizing updates to curricula, and scaling the âBitsâ model to other East African countries. Team4Tech supports this vision through helping build a robust online system, upgrading tech infrastructure, and building and developing the capacity of NairoBits staff and trainers.
NairoBits Trust Partnership Overview
ð Metrics:
Learner Engagement
- Gender balance ratio in classes and projects
- Learner attendance of classes
- Number of students progressing from certificate to diploma level
Learner Growth
- Number of people impacted through ICT projects
- Number of students securing internships
- Number of graduates per year
Teacher and Staff Effectiveness
- Capacity building engagements for staff members
Organizational Sustainability and Scale
- Number of new partnerships per quarter
- Number of programs available each year
- Number of student exchange programs per quarter
Grant Budget Analysis:
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<img src="/icons/library_gray.svg" alt="/icons/library_gray.svg" width="40px" /> NairoBits puts their grant budget toward:
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- strengthening tech capacity and teaching skills, investing in teacher training, trainer laptops, student laptops and tablets
- upgrading technology by securing a Learning Management System, building a media center, investing in podcasting equipment, and bolstering internet connectivity.
Pro Bono Capacity-Building Projects:
- March 2021: Skills for Impact Project with Deloitte (drop down for more)
- September 2021: Design for Impact Project with Zendesk (drop down for more)
- October 2021: Virtual Strategic Project with Zendesk (drop down for more)
- May 2022: Skills for Impact with Zendesk (drop down for more)