The Nairobi County Department of Digital Economy and Startups organized a week-long coding competition for kids.
Chief Officer Victor Agolla organized the training that took place at the Makadara Library in collaboration with the Women in Technology Programme and Safaricom.
Learning By Doing
One hundred children of all ages benefited from the event. According to Mr. Agolla, Nairobi County will prioritize increasing the technological literacy of youngsters between the ages of 17 and 35 as part of its goals for the CIDP 2023–2027.
For children to profit economically from technology, he further emphasized the necessity to create a sustainable public-private partnership model that ensures their long-term training.
- Digital Economy and Startups organized a week-long coding competition for kids in Nairobi.
- They increase the technological literacy of youngsters between the ages of 17 and 35.
- PlayOn gave the kids a chance to play and understand the possible financial gain from creating video games.
Using the Makadara library, Mr. Agolla challenged Safaricom’s team to build a video gaming facility to support a program teaching kids how to code, generating income for youth mentors, generating income for gaming startups, and providing businesses with cutting-edge products.
Elizabeth Ndung’u, the county director for e-learning, emphasized the advantages of coding and said that it was essential for critical thinking and problem-solving.
A gaming firm named Rubiks Digital (PlayOn), which specializes in creating regional games like Ajua, Kadi, etc. attended the session. Through a live demonstration of their platform, PlayOn gave the kids a chance to play and understand the possible financial gain from creating video games.
Dianah Nyomenda Ogeto, Fixed Data Delivery Lead and Digital IT for Safaricom represented the company and stated that through its Women in Technology-Kids in Tech program, Safaricom was eager to continue its collaboration with Nairobi County in support of the Kids to Code program by expanding throughout the County.
Coding offers completely unexpected options that encourage innovative thinking and a maker culture that emphasizes “learning by doing” in addition to preparing them for future careers. Jacob Ananda, the assistant director of the library, the personnel of Safaricom, and several mentors were also present.
