If you are a parent now, can you pause for a moment and think of your childhood? What is your fondest memory? If you were in the urban setting, maybe watching cartoons on Television? If you grew up in the countryside, probably you remember trying to finish house chores to get some time to do your homework, maybe using a paraffin lamp as electricity was a luxury beyond your imagination. Fast forward to today. You are a parent of a teenager. Your child belongs to Generation Z mostly referred to as ‘Gen Z’. This is the first social generation to have grown up with access to the internet and portable digital technology from a young age. These generation z children have been dubbed digital natives even though they are not necessarily digitally literate. Your child most probably spends most of his time on the online streets. If he or she is not playing some online games, he or she is watching some videos on YouTube, trying out some video recording for Tik Tok or posing for some photos for Instagram. A new trend is also catching up. Children are increasingly searching for assignment clues or answers online. The good and bad of digital technology It definitely is a good thing to be able to quickly access and learn new information online, get some entertainment while at it and in some cases, even earn some money for posting creative content. But as a parent, where do you draw the line to protect your innocent child from being exposed to cyberbullying, online addiction and sexual abuse that could result in emotional instability and social skills inadequacy? Unfortunately, many parents are not aware of the risk their children face while online. That’s where we step in as Eldohub. We ensure productively and value-adding use of the digital platforms for your child. We offer a variety of ways to enhance education, technology, and innovation in your child’s daily digital operations. Our Kids/Teen Bootcamp program is not just about teaching kids to use the software available on the internet, but rather we teach them to be producers of this technology. In our training curriculum, we try as much as possible to instill creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial skills. In as much as we want our children to be computer literate, learning to code does not just set someone for a career opportunity later but is the most straightforward way for children to boost their problem-solving skills. As Barrack Obama, the former American President cautioned, there is a need for our children to learn 21st-century skills for a 21st-century world, and coding to teach them creativity and problem-solving skills. Our modules focus on prompting the participants to tell stories, animate characters, and develop unique programs, which empower them to combine their logical and systematic thinking with creative, artistic, and intuitive learning. During the programming, kids are constantly natured to experiment on various tools that have been identified to be used purposely for the training. Once these…
In the growth process of every organization, looking back and evaluating progress is a critical step. The dynamics in the business world cannot allow a business to carry on with its journey the way it started. Competition, new technologies, dynamic market, partners and changing investor preferences will always push an organisation to redesign the approach to reach the desired end. EldoHub cannot be an exception and the time to move to the next level has come. With our energetic team; new minds in communication, technical, programme development and management, the face of EdoHub is changing - and changing for the greater good. What has changed? If you have been following closely, you may have noticed that over the last few years, EldoHub has become more bold, active and visible. Learn more on our website. EldoHub was founded by the desire to bring ideas to life. Like a young tender leaf growing from a plant bearing the ability to develop, feed the whole tree and its fruits, so are the desires of many young people and women out there, tender and vulnerable, yet bearing great potential to make a difference. To build a livelihood for themselves and others and impact on the general economy. That is how the original Logo of EldoHub was born. Four years later, EldoHub has built a brand, a brand to achieve its own vision while enhancing the visions of many young people and women in our society. This we do by a structured model that identifies potentials, and builds ideas to businesses in a technologically evolving society. Hence the new logo, with the ‘O’ in EldoHub taking the shape of an eye, symbolising a clearly visualized future. EldoHub continues to fly the Flag in the ICT industry in the Northrift region and beyond, by preparing youth and women to tap into the opportunities the digital economy offers and close the skills gap in Africa's job market. Education, Technology and Innovation remain our strong pillars. We are committed to address the needs of our target beneficiaries through a diversity of programs aimed at job creation, equity and technology. Our programs include: Digital Apprenticeship Program North Rift Women in Stem Mentorship and Capacity Building Digitization of Women-Led Businesses Kids BootCamp The year 2022 began on a high note. Our CEO @Magdaline Chepkemoi was elected chairperson (https://bit.ly/cheptech) of the association of Countrywide hubs. Our clients list continues to grow, and our programmes getting increased visibility.. We are looking at building more partnerships and expanding our focus to the entire Eastern African region. We continue to work with parners such as Afrilabs, ASSEK, ACIH while internationally, we have signed an MOA with Siliman University to run joint programmes and impact on the ecosystem. Join us and be part of this exciting tech journey! Follow us on our social media channels for more. Facebook twitter instagram linkedin
Internet Brand Protection Tips for Your Business Thanks to the continued widespread internet use nowadays, more and more brands are enjoying branding opportunities without having to use a great deal of energy. For one, the internet has widened the network of brands making it possible for companies to gain more customers and make direct sales than ever before. On the other hand, as a consequence, online challenges have also crept in with cybercrime (impersonators, cyber squatting,) among the top ranked online brand threats to date. The latter has seen many new organizations struggle to penetrate new online territories and widen their customer base thus the need for more security measures to protect brands from impending online infringements. Read More How to Protect Your Brand Online First, Develop an Online Brand Protection Strategy For Your Company An online Brand protection strategy is a solid plan that helps your company proactively deal with impending online threats that may threaten to clump down on your revenue source, devalue your brand reputation and affect your online customer retention strategy. It prevents cyber criminals from intercepting your web traffic, including using your brand for personal gain. As you think of using the above strategy for your business, don’t forget to include Social media channels and Mobile apps in your plan as these digital channels are always prone to brand impersonation which may easily have an effect on your return on investment. Check on your KE Domain Security KE Domain security is important for any brand. It protects your customers, brand name, logo and content from trademark infringement or unwarranted online violations. This is especially important if you are considering launching your business in Kenya. You don’t want to venture your business into a new terrain/ country only to realize that your .KE domain has been long hosted and used to dupe customers at your brands expense. Still on web address security; if you already have secured your .KE domain name, then you may want to take this further by considering having multiple .KE domains, for example .me.ke. This is an effective online security and marketing strategy used by companies to prevent competitors from sharing or using their domain names and digital channels. The good thing with having multiple company domains is that it allow you as a company to effectively highlight and promote different aspects of your brand, do relative audiences fragmentation when need be, and importantly conduct seamless campaigns without causing customer confusion Get your Brand Guidelines Right A major part of protecting your business is protecting your customers. This you can do by properly setting up your brand guidelines. These guidelines are important in that they will help your business enablers and employees understand how to engage with your brand online, and more importantly minimize customer misperceptions. Conclusion The success of your business can easily be affected by how well you manage your brand online. To be safe, take into consideration some of the above tips as well as log on to www.kenic.or.ke learn more on how to…
EldoHub in partnership with the Thunderbird School of Global Management and with the support of the UK Kenya Tech Hub launched Digital Apprenticeship Programme targeting tech professionals. We interviewed UK Kenya Tech Hub director and here is what she had to say. Tell us about yourself and how you got started in the ICT industry.I’m a non-tecchie, in the tech world! I started out as a lawyer in London and then moved back to Nairobi to start an insurtech startup. Whilst that failed, I learnt more from that failed experience then my entire career as a lawyer and MBA combined! Having caught the entrepreneurship bug, I stayed in the space, working to help support entrepreneurs grow and scale. When the UK government set up the UK-Kenya Tech Hub, I was extremely excited to join and see how I could help support the Kenyan tech ecosystem, build skills and linkages.Read More What was your motivation to start digital apprenticeship program? Practical experience, working in a real-life business environment is the best way to learn and gain skills. In Kenya, so many young people are interested in technology, applying for courses, teaching themselves but struggle to get the experience to use the skills learnt in practice. On the other side, businesses looking for tech talent prefer people with some experience and are unable to find it. There is therefore a real need to provide junior tech professionals with practical experience. On the business side, most businesses still see IT as operational and are therefore not seeing the benefits of technology at a strategic level and the impact it can have on improving efficiencies, decreases costs and increasing revenues. We are hoping this programme will have double the benefits, junior tech professional get the much-needed industry experience supported by mentors; and businesses will see the value of digitization, creating more jobs in the space. What skill/ talent do you find has the most disconnect between what is taught in schools and actual business need? What can be done to narrow this gap?The biggest disconnect is how we are taught in school vs what we need to get jobs, start businesses. We no longer live in an age where we need to learn, memorize facts. Information through the internet is at our finger-tips. The skills we actually need is around problem solving, logical thinking, finding information, presenting, and communicating. This can then be applied across industries. What does short term success look like for the program? What would be the next steps based on this success? Short-term success for the programme would be for the junior tech professionals to complete meaningful projects and gain experience that they can add to their cvs/portfolios and build their confidence to either apply for jobs or start their own businesses. An added bonus would be if the juniors were hired or engaged in some from by the business they were placed in after the programme ends. From the business perspective, success would include seeing how the businesses…
The digital economy is taking shape and undermining conventional notions about how businesses are structured; how firms interact; and how consumers obtain services, information, and goods. This is reflected in all sectors around the globe. Kenya has not been left behind. With every passing year, new technologies and services are emerging and digital technologies are becoming the cornerstones of our daily activities. The central and local governments, businesses, and individuals must therefore adapt to this new reality. In Kenya, the ministry of ICT, through the Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KOTDA), a key flagship project of Kenya’s Vision 2030 economic development portfolio, is playing a critical role in making the digital economy a reality. The KoTDA CEO Eng. John Tanui, during a visit to Eldoret Golf Club, where he attended the 3rd #KonzaInvestsTeeingGolfSeries aimed at engaging both prospective local and foreign investors to accelerate the development of the smart city, paid a courtesy call to Eldohub on 13th December 2021. In his remarks, he emphasized the quadruple Helix Model of innovation that recognizes four major actors in the innovation system: science, policy, industry, and society. He highlighted the efforts of Konza Technopolis with partners at the regional levels to achieve greater impacts. We are looking forward to partnering with Konza Technopolis to support the future workforce and young innovators. Speaking during the visit is our Director Chepkemoi Magdaline who is also the current Chair of the Association of Countrywide Innovation Hubs, a network of all innovation hubs in Kenya. “To foster innovation in Africa we need collaboration between technology start-ups and large corporates”
The AfriLabs a network of all innovation hubs in Africa hosts Annual Gathering which provides a unique opportunity for tech hubs in the AfriLabs network and other stakeholders in the African tech ecosystem like local innovators (entrepreneurs), corporates, investors, academia and developmental agencies to convene, network and share knowledge. The 3rd edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2018 was held on 11th – 13th October 2018 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The theme was ‘Innovation in the Data Age 2018’. Eldohub made another breakthrough by having one of their staff members attend Africa’s Annual Gathering of all Innovation Hubs in Africa. Zipeta Nabwala who is our Software Developer and Training Innovation Manager at Eldohub represented us at the event in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania as the only person from Eldoret, Kenya. She met with hub managers from across Africa and appreciates Eldohub for being able to improve her proficiency a lot. She engaged and spoke with a lot of investors and young innovators involved with both technology and entrepreneurship. She also networked and made connections with potential partners and collaborators. Eldohub is finally demonstrating its empowerment to the youth by giving them a chance to nurture and grow their experiences as they discover their potential at a higher level. Eldohub will continue to explore more opportunities to share with the tech and entrepreneurial community with an aim to improve the skill and knowledge.