The African Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT)

The African Centre for Women & ICT

Working with high potential, disadvantaged women and youth in Kenya to improve their access to education, employment, health and leadership opportunities.

ICT4Development

Exposing young women and youth to employment and entrepreneurial opportunities

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Class of 2019 graduation ceremony

Who We Are

Established in 2001, the African Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT) is a Kenya-based ICT for Development Organization, whose mission is to promote women and youth access to and knowledge of ICTs as tools for social, economic and political advancement.

ACWICT works to address challenges faced by high potential but disadvantaged women and youth in Kenya, providing solutions to improve their access to employment, education, health and leadership for better livelihoods

ACWICT’s programs are based on public/private sector partnerships, a strategic alliance that combines the resources and strengths of the government, private sector, foundations and non-profit organizations to achieve its goals and objectives.

ACWICT’s core competency is in deliberate creation of innovations in employability programs that target women and youth, harnessing the power of ICTs to deliver to five key sectors of the economy namely employability, education, health, agriculture and governance. We pride in WHAT WORKS!

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S4YE Membership

ACWICT joins the membership of S4YE’s external community of practice, the Impact Portfolio

February 12, 2020

Our Work

Employability

Improve the employability prospects and income generating capacities of women & youth from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Education

Educating youth & women and preparing them for decent employment to not only improve their lives but the socio-economic status of their families, communities, and country.

Trade

Our focus will be to utilize ICT to speed up the much needed trade facilitating reforms to enable easier movement of goods, services and capital in the East African region as a building block to regional integration.

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The African Centre for Women, Information and Communications Technology (ACWICT) is a Kenya-based ICT for Development (ICT4D) Organization, with a regional reach, established to promote women and youths’ access to and knowledge of ICT as tools for sustainable development.