E-learning Platform (ACWICTS4E)

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Overview

The Skills 4 Employment (S4E) digital platform, developed by ACWICT in partnership with Microsoft, is designed to empower women and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in Kenya. This platform provides access to market-driven digital, entrepreneurial, and job market skills, aimed at accelerating inclusive economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

When COVID-19 hit Kenya, the socio-economic impacts were significant, particularly for young people, as unemployment rates soared. To address these challenges, ACWICT, in collaboration with local and global partners, launched the S4E platform. Initially targeting 50,000 women and youth, the program’s success led to additional funding, expanding its reach to 100,000 beneficiaries nationwide.  

 The S4E platform offers a unique, blended learning approach, combining virtual and e-learning environments. It allows participants to build their skills and attain certifications in various fields, contributing to their economic empowerment and resilience in a post-pandemic world.  

Features of the ACWICTS4E platform

Key among the milestones includes

  • Learning Management system that will track your learning progress throughout your engagement with the resources

  • Comprehensive knowledge checking tools 

  • Market relevant Certification for all our learning paths and courses 

  • Download content feature that will facilitate a more pocket-friendly approach towards your learning 

  • Real-time Technical and training support services for all learners 

Our Impact

What is our expectation of the MCT Platform  Scale/Reach/Impact? 

  • Programs (Employability, Education, Agriculture & Health) could benefit from leveraging on the MCT program to reach a larger number of participants in a cost-effective manner this was made possible specifically due to the integration of the mobile app as well as offline access integrations which would allow beneficiaries of the program to access and even download content for future use to mitigate their bandwidth use as they access their learning content 

  • This would also allow ACWICT to enrich our content by strategically pursuing partnerships that will look to leverage on the MCT platform to have their content hosted and shared online and, in a way, continue to add value to the learner experience by exposing them to new training curriculums and programs that might be beyond our scope of implementation

  • The MCT program will also provide the organization with a certification function that will prove to be important as this will help to rapidly increase the certification program which is critical to ensuring that we continue to populate the women and youth workforce.

  • The program will also look to give opportunities to a large population of our alumni network to enhance their learning and increase their scope of market-relevant skills that will more likely impact their socio-economic stability during and post the COVID-19 pandemic.