Quick information guide

Kenya Government’s leads by example in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It has established a Women Enterprise Fund

Aim:

to provide accessible and affordable credit to support women start and/or expand business for wealth and employment creation.

Loans provided by the Fund:

  • Constituency women enterprise scheme
  • LPO Financing
  • Bill bond Financing; and
  • Sacco lending

Other services:

  • Capacity building
  • Market support; and
  • Linkages

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Contacts.

Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs.

Directorate of Youth Affairs.
 P.O. Box 34303-00100.
Nairobi-Kenya.
Harambee House,
Harambee Avenue

Empowernment Programmes for Women In Kenya

In Kenya, the population of people living below the poverty line has declined from 46.8% in 2005/06 to 36.1% in 2015/16, according to the 17th edition of the Kenya Economic Update.

Women in the Kenyan contribute significantly to the economy of the country both directly or indirectly and therefore stirring up the economy out of such a high poverty index would need measures put in place for economic empowerment of Kenyan women.

The government of Kenya has established funds and policies such as the 30% procurement allocation for all government tenders so that more women may have an entry chance in such a competitive space. Private Sector Organisations have also set up programmes to empower women.

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@ILabAfrica – FemTechies Programe

@iLabAfrica is a Centre of Excellence in ICT Innovation and Development at Strathmore University. The centre spearheads Research and Innovation in Information Communication Technology for the Development (ICT4D) of ecosystems towards the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to contribute toward Kenya’s Vision 2030. The research center is involved in interdisciplinary research, students’ engagement, collaboration with government, industry and other funding agencies.

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FemTechies stands for Female Techies (a Techie is a person with great passion for or expertise in Technology). FemTechies is driven by young, energetic, passionate female leaders and Techies from @iLabAfrica – an ICT and Innovation Research Centre based in Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. FemTechies is dedicated towards connecting and empowering women in Tech. FemTechies targets Executive Women Leaders, Young Women Professionals sharing similar interests, Female University Students and Girls in Primary and High School. To achieve its mandate, FemTechies runs a number of activities such as student meet-ups, hackathons, workshops, networking events, specialized trainings, and mentorship sessions, responding to grant opportunities among others.

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List of services provided by the program

  1. Networking opportunities with global thought leaders in Tech and a platform to engage in conversations that will spur global collaborations and research towards women empowerment for Exucutive Women, i.e. CEOs, CIOs, Directors, etc.
  2. Networking opportunities with global thought leaders in Tech, Career Mentorship and access to forums demystifying Technology for Young Women Professionals.
  3. Career Mentorship, opportunity to participate in networking events and forums demystifying Technology and access to capacity building programs for University Students, i.e. Post Graduate and Under Graduate Students.
  4. Access to capacity building programs on ICTs and emerging technologies·Career Mentorship for girls in Primary and High Schools.

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Contacts

Strath­more University Stu­dent

Centre,Keri Road

P.O.Box 59857,00200

Tel ; +254 703 034616

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