Kenya – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Adapting our computing curriculum resources for Kenya — the journey so far https://noise.getoto.net/2025/06/24/adapting-our-computing-curriculum-resources-for-kenya-the-journey-so-far/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:28:14 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=90673 Young people everywhere deserve a high-quality computing education. But what a high-quality computing education looks like differs depending on a learner’s culture, context, and the existing provision in the country they live in. Therefore, adapting our educational resources for a range of contexts is a key part of our work at the Raspberry Pi Foundation,…

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]]> Igniting innovation: How Experience AI is empowering teachers and students across Kenya https://noise.getoto.net/2025/06/17/igniting-innovation-how-experience-ai-is-empowering-teachers-and-students-across-kenya/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:41:53 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=90523 This blog post is written by Victor Murithi, Communications and Media Consultant at Young Scientists Kenya, one of our global partners for Experience AI in Kenya. When over 100 teachers from across Kenya gathered at Kangaru High School in Embu County for the Kenya Science and Engineering Fair Nationals in April, few anticipated just how…

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]]> Impact of Experience AI in Kenya https://noise.getoto.net/2025/05/01/impact-of-experience-ai-in-kenya/ Thu, 01 May 2025 12:03:56 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=90017 Today’s blog post is written by Paul Akwabi, Executive Director at Tech Kidz Africa, part of our global partner network for Experience AI. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries and redefine how we work and learn, it is essential that Kenyan educators are equipped with the knowledge and skills to introduce AI concepts…

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]]> Global Impact: Empowering young people in Kenya and South Africa https://noise.getoto.net/2024/04/16/global-impact-empowering-young-people-in-kenya-and-south-africa/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:12:17 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=86833 We work with mission-aligned educational organisations all over the world to support young people’s computing education. In 2023 we established four partnerships in Kenya and South Africa with organisations Coder:LevelUp, Blue Roof, Oasis Mathare, and Tech Kidz Africa, which support young people in underserved communities. Our shared goal is to support educators to establish and…

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]]> AI literacy for teachers and students all over the world https://noise.getoto.net/2023/11/15/ai-literacy-for-teachers-and-students-all-over-the-world/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:10:02 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=85457 I am delighted to announce that the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind are building a global network of educational organisations to bring AI literacy to teachers and students all over the world, starting with Canada, Kenya, and Romania. Experience AI  We launched Experience AI in September 2022 to help teachers and students learn about…

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]]> A vocational digital skills course in Kakuma refugee camp: Connecting to learners’ lives https://noise.getoto.net/2023/03/09/a-vocational-digital-skills-course-in-kakuma-refugee-camp-connecting-to-learners-lives/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:13:51 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=83381 We are working in partnership with Amala Education to pilot a vocational skills course for displaced learners aged 16 to 25 in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Kakuma camp was set up in Kenya in 1992, following a civil war in neighbouring South Sudan in East Africa. Today, 2 million people are living in the camp,…

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]]> Training teachers and empowering students in Machakos, Kenya https://noise.getoto.net/2022/12/16/training-teachers-and-empowering-students-in-machakos-kenya/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:25:47 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=82425 Over the past months, we’ve been working with two partner organisations, Team4Tech and Kenya Connect, to support computing education across the rural county of Machakos, Kenya. Working in rural Kenya In line with our 2025 strategy, we have started work to improve computing education for young people in Kenya and South Africa. We are especially…

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