🎉 25 Years of Impact • 2001–2026

ACWICT@25

We exist to ensure no woman or young person is left behind in the digital economy.

For 25 years, the African Centre for Women in ICT has been transforming lives, livelihoods, and leadership through technology—creating digital opportunities where none existed.

25 Years

of Purpose in Action

400K+
Empowered
5M+
Reached
70%
Employed

Why We Exist

ACWICT was founded on a simple but urgent belief: that access to technology is not a privilege—it is a pathway to dignity, opportunity, and inclusion.

This is not just our mission. It is our purpose.
  • To empower women and girls through technology
  • To create opportunities where none existed
  • To ensure no woman, youth, or person with disability is excluded from the digital economy
  • To transform lives, livelihoods, and leadership
ACTWICT at 25

Our Model

How We Drive Change

Our work is grounded in a model that goes beyond training to deliver sustainable, system-wide impact.

Community-Centred Design

We work where exclusion is highest, designing solutions rooted in community realities.

Inclusive by Design

Our programmes prioritise women, youth, and persons with disabilities.

Partnership-Driven Delivery

We collaborate across government, private sector, and development partners.

Pathways to Opportunity

We link skills to employability, entrepreneurship, and digital work.

Evidence-Based Programming

Our work is informed by research, data, and continuous learning.

This is what makes ACWICT different from other ICT initiatives.

The Numbers

25 Years of Purpose in Action

Our impact is not measured by numbers alone—but by the lives transformed, opportunities created, and futures redefined.

Beneficiaries

400K+
Since our inception, we have positively impacted over 400,000 marginalized and underserved women and youth across Kenya and the East African region through our various ICT4D initiatives.

Job Linkage Success

70%
We have successfully mentored and provided job linkage opportunities to 70% of our beneficiaries, helping improve their incomes and better their livelihoods.

Digital skills Curricula

5M+
ACWICT recently supported the development the Kenya ICT Authority’s (ICTA) five-tire national digital skills Curriculum and related materials for Foundational and Basic digital skills currently being used in training 20 million citizens.

National Digital Skilling

Partnerships and Collaborations: 5 Public/Private Universities, 106 TVETs, Last mile connectivity, Job linkage partners, mentors, Government ministries and agencies, digital content developers

E-Learning Courses

50+
Our S4E e-learning platform offers over 50 online courses, providing continuous upskilling opportunities to learners nationwide.

Community Digital Champions (ToTs)

1,500+
A poll of 15,000 Community Digital Champions and Mentors who support digital skilling and other capacity building for citizens/project beneficiaries at community level ensuring high-quality delivery of our programs across the country.

Vocational Skills Curricula

21
ACWICT has developed vocational skills training curricula for 21 vocational trades for skilling young people transitioning from primary and secondary education to the world of work.

Key Program Areas

8
Including Youth Employability, Education, Reproductive Health, Health, Agriculture, Software and Innovation, Research and Advocacy, and ICT for MSMEs.

Behind every number is a story of transformation.