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About

Centre for Skills and Innovation is a non-profit organization that uses ICT to empower young people to succeed in education and work.

Location

Based in Lira city, Uganda

 

Impact

Reduced gender-gap in STEM careers, Improved Career Guidance & access to e-Learning, trained thousands in Digital Skills.

The facts: Why we do what we do

Low enrollment of girls (even boys) into STEM subjects & careers.

Inadequate career guidance and advising in schools and at home.

Leadership: the need to nurture and mentor leaders of tomorrow

Limited digital skills amongst the youth, especially girls & young women

About 31% of Ugandans are online, creating need for digital inclusion

Innovation: practical solutions for youth & community challenges

Focus Areas

ICT

STEM Advocacy, Digital Inclusion, Internet  Advocacy, ICT4D, Gender in ICT, Open Source, Open Data & Innovation

Education

e-Learning, Development Education, Career Guidance & Advising, Girls Education, Educational Justice & Research

Leadership

Continuous Professional Development (CPD), Mentorship, Leadership Training 

Our SDGs

Upskilling. Learning. Inspiring. Reskilling. Leading.
Coding. Sharing. Serving. Innovating. Succeeding.

Resources

Our Impact is growing

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Young lives impacted

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Programmes

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Districts

From Arts to Science: The STEM story of Ruth Akello

This is an extraordinary story, from an extraordinary girl. This is the story of Akello Ruth. Where do we start? Okay, 2014. She is now an essential worker.

Norman Ajwer is excelling in both STEM and Humanities

This is Norman’s story. Norman Ajwer works as a presenter & talk-show host at 97.7 Unity FM radio in Lira. He is also a student at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor Nursing School in Lacor, in Gulu.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship has been extremely successful

When Barack Obama was elected and sworn in as 44th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009, many black people, all over the world, celebrated.