The AJIRA Digital Program is a Government initiative launched and driven by the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs (MoICT) whose Mission is to enable 1 Million Kenyan youth to earn a decent wage from digital and digitally-enabled jobs annually, in the Gig and Freelancing economy through Training and Demand linkages.
The program seeks to position Kenya as a choice labour destination and a Business Process Outsourcing Hub for multinational companies as well as to encourage local companies and the Public Sector to create Digital Work.
The virtual trainings will focus on the below 5 subjects:
Data Entry/Management - Training includes skills and insights on data entry and management jobs which include analysis, processing, mining, encoding and conversion.
Virtual Assistant - A virtual assistant is a person who provides support services to other businesses from a remote location - training on how to setup as one
Transcription - Learn how to be a transcriber and do captioning jobs that range from writing captions for YouTube videos to working on closed captions for a movie or a big brand’s marketing videos
Digital Marketing & eCommerce - Learn how to promote and sell products and services by leveraging online marketing tactics such as social media, search and email marketing
Writing and Translation- Learn about online writing and translation jobs that include, articles & news, editing & proofreading, web content, industry specific expertise, books, research, blogs, copy-writing