Digital Innovations for Business Resilience in the East African Community, a program under the dSkills@EA project aims to support young innovators at universities in the East African Community to develop and implement digital innovations for business resilience.

Digital Skills for an Innovative East African Industry (dSkills@EA) is a project as part of the technical development cooperation between the German Government under the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat.

The economy of the East African Community (EAC) is characterized by low productivity and low competitiveness, leading to high unemployment, especially among youth. Innovation and the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) by businesses are drivers of socio-economic development and international competitiveness. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses have been forced to adopt digital innovations, which played a significant role in their ability to survive throughout the disruption. To unlock the potential of ICT for the economy, the availability of digital skills and skilled workers with appropriate qualifications and innovation capacity is crucial.

It’s time to celebrate digital innovations from 6 East-African Countries and to bring the East African Innovation Ecosystem together. The event will be hosted purely online and will provide everyone a chance to participate. During the Grand Finale, 12 teams from 6 EAC will pitch their innovations for grants of a pool of USD 10,000.

The Pitch Day is Here!!

On behalf of the African Institute for Mathematical Science (AIMS), we do hereby announce the opening of application for Coding Contest on Java – Bootcamp to be hosted by Next Einstein Forum (NEF) during Africa Science Week -2022 Edition in East Africa in collaboration with Christian Students Hub and Koneta Hub. The program will run from 30 May to 3 June 2022 in Koneta Hub inside JCC compound for in-person participation and online.

The program will take place two hours daily from 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Women are highly encouraged to apply for the program.

As Next Einstein Forum for East Africa Region recognizing women in STEM in Eat Africa Region, please scan the code to nominate our fellow South Sudanese women in STEM.
To register for the contest, click on this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfe1gTfAIdIzvMJ3xDgweNZWgIcaJbUHLiuYmr2dL80niK6sw/viewform and fill your details:

Admission for the program will be done on first come first serve basis. Only forty applicants will be shortlisted for the program.

For more inquiry, you can contact us on cmentorshipp@gmail.com You can also call or WhatsApp us on +211923171222.

This week on Monday we started a basic computer training for 20 students who completed Senior Four (S4) and are awaiting to join the Universities.
As part of our digital inclusion programs, this training is aimed at preparing the students with the right skills that will help them while pursuing their careers in STEAM. This training that will take three weeks will cover An introduction to Computer, Microsoft Office and Internet Techniques which are core skills everyone should have.

” The digital gap in South Sudan is very alarming with the current technological and digital innovations. The young people need more digital skills and awareness to expose them to the growing digital economies and this is why we are doing our best at Koneta, to give an opportunity to these young people.” Denaya Dennis, Director, Koneta.

Koneta is conducting this training with a support from the US Embassy, Juba. A grant that is aimed at conducting digital and entrepreneurship skills of vulnerable South Sudanese youth. And championing STEM education awareness for both boys and girls.