INNOVATION
This is a collaboration between Universities and colleges in USA, Europe, Kenya University and OWLI Africa to create a vast array of socio economic, community based, technological, scientific and artistic resources for intercultural exchange and the pursuit of solving some of the world’s most pressing issues.
Integrated Concentration into science is a program which seek to work with extremely motivated and talented students and faculty in Kenya and USA. The students will work in multi-disciplinary teams to provide scientific and technological solutions to societal challenges. The organization will present faculty/students with case studies drawn from current events and situations, and challenge them to develop, design and implement development policies and projects by creating novel approaches to addressing the human and societal needs they identify, as well as participating in sustainable development initiatives geared towards creating more economically sustainable communities within Kenya
DRIVENET PROJECT
DRIVE (Digital Reading for Inclusivity, Versatility and Engagement) is one of 24 new networks funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), a £1.5 billion fund to support cutting-edge research which addresses the problems faced by developing countries. The networks bring together academics, industry, NGOs, policymakers and practitioners from Africa with UK partners to maximise digital technologies to address development challenges including health, energy and accessibility to online resources. The DRIVE project will run from May 2020 to April 2021.
UMD CAPSTONE
This is a semester research project that introduce students to practical realities of community development work, including challenges associated with exposures to new settings, cultures, and issues; (2) trained in hard skills necessary to design, plan, implement, and evaluate community development projects effectively and ethically;
RE-IMAGINE U
innovative program that seek to provide quality career guidance for adults at scale. At this stage we use artificial intelligence and a conversational interface to help people overcome career challenges and explore career development opportunities related to digital, data and IT skills. We built a rules-based chatbot (expert system) to ensure quality recommendations, control and interpretability, and are now adding generative AI with strong guardrails. Automated career guidance allows us to reach many people at low cost. This can be enhanced with webinars, counselling, coaching, and/or peer support.