Digital space incomes grow for Kenyan youth

Nearly half of entrepreneurs and youth in Kenya who have received digital literacy training over the past four years have reported a rise in income after venturing into e-commerce, online marketing and other online jobs, with those without an income dropping by a quarter after the training.

A survey of youth and entrepreneurs trained under the DigiTruck digital literacy skills programme shows that the upward mobility in earnings was accompanied by a rise in both part time and full-time employment, including among those who previously listed themselves as self-employed in low earning jobs.