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Our Consultancy & Research pillar has continued to provide services to Government of Kenya and other international organizations like UN-ILO, UNESCO, UK-Aid, GIZ and the World Bank, among others. In 2020, TTI was commissioned by UNESCO and the TVET Authority to undertake a Labour Market Analysis (LMA) on the Environmental Technology in Kenya. The objective of LMA was to find out skills needs in the context of supply and demand, skills gap, employability and hence the relevance of TVET in relation to the industry needs.

Another consultancy undertaken by TTI in 2020 was the stakeholder mapping and analysis of labour market institutions in Western Kenya for GIZ’s Agri-Jobs 4 Youth initiative. The goal of the consultancy was to identify institutions, agents, and networks in labour market promotion willing to partner with the client to increase qualification, income, and employment opportunities for youth in the agri-food sector in Western Kenya. TTI also undertook an UN-ILO consultancy for review of relevant regulations supporting Workplace Based Training (WBT) Programs in Kenya. The intentions of this review were to provide provisions and incentives for employers, both in the formal and informal sector, to take on and train apprentices. This would ensure that the role of the employers was defined and incentives anchored in law through a framework for recognizing prior learning, including additional skills learnt through apprenticeships. The findings of this review were to contribute towards the development of a National Skills Development Policy and a National Skills Development Council.

Upgrading Semi-Skilled Artisans

The nature of technical training in Kenya has yielded thousands of semi-skilled workers. Through partnerships with various training institutions, Toolkit iSkills is able to provide short modular up-skilling courses for upgrading semi-skilled workers into a viable qualified workforce that can match a company’s labour needs.
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Recruiting and Training Unskilled Youth

Training at Toolkit iSkills is pegged on three critical pillars – life skills, Technical skills and Industry linkages . Every person is endowed with life fulfilling abilities and can realize them - by simply activating their internal toolkit. Toolkit iSkills also recruits and trains unskilled youth. Through customized job trainings, we are able to transform an unskilled workforce into highly sought after!

Linkage to Employment

In most of the trades, employers generally complain that polytechnic graduates need at least six months to integrate into the workplace. Besides the low technical skills, graduates have weaknesses in work attitude, behaviour and social skills

For a world class workforce, Toolkit iSkills has a special package covering

• Employability skills – bridging the education-to-employment gap
• Professional ethics and attitude
• Industry practice and culture for the trades
• Compliance and health & safety standards governing  the trade
• Other 21st century skills depending on the target group

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ORGANIC FARMING

TTI LISHE Demo farm is a partnership between TTI and Evermore Organic Farm Ltd which offers the following services

• Training on Organic Farming,
• Kitchen Gardens,
• Composting,
• Aquaponics,
• Landscaping & Nursery Management

TTI undertakes outreach programmes through its Lishe Demo Farm in Kikuyu which opened its doors in 2020. The institution organizes training in organic farming, exhibitions for local farmers, farm education tours for organized groups as well as for learning institutions. In addition, TTI undertakes weekly farm clinics for farmers at the organic market and also follow-ups with on-farm interventions for farmers and homeowners that include urban kitchen gardens management services.

In 2020 which is the first year of operation, Lishe Demo Farm trained 41 youth in principles and techniques of organic farming. Among the 41 trainees, 24 were refugees. In addition, Lishe was able to install 56 pyramids, 26 of which were in 7 different children homes. The Farm also established 13 Kitchen gardens for herbs and vegetables in different locations in Nairobi County. Currently, the three-acre Organic Demo Farm in Kikuyu, Kiambu County has a tree nursery section, 56 varieties of herbs, Poultry keeping, bee shop and consultancy. The Farm is also offering internship to four youth specializing in agri-production.

TTI has continued to enhance learning through its e-Learning Management System (LMS) known as Jielimishe ('self-learn' in Kiswahili). This is an Online Training and Deployment (OTAD) platform that targets vulnerable youth in need of employable skills.

The portal includes technical courses for a range of trades, from the artisanal to the web-based, in addition to general entrepreneurship and life-skills modules. Once an introductory course is complete, youth are then able to register on an apprenticeship database where they can interact with potential employers.

So far 564 modules have been uploaded on TTI Jielimishe portal and 6,900 lessons have been completed. Over 1,300 youth have registered on the artisans’ database, increasing their visibility and employability prospects.  In 2020, over 300 youth were trained in partnership with Safaricom Foundation. During Covid-19 epidemic, 742 lessons online were held online with 264 students. In addition, 10 TTI Faculty were trained online through a partnership with Wadhwani Global University/Wadhwani Foundation.

When Covid-19 compelled people to stay at home, many suddenly lost jobs and income. At TTI, we quickly thought of ways to assist those stuck at home. Hope came in the form of online jobs and online skills training. From July to September 2020, TTI's Digital Skills team worked round the clock to give hope. Working in partnership with Isahit, a French Company and two Kenyan platforms (Emobilis and Adept Technologies), TTI was able to reach a total of 176 youth, 97 % being women, referring them to these organizations for jobs and digital skills. Of theses 176 youths, 49 are already earning. TTI referred 85 youths for online training for data entry, virtual assistants, and writing and 67 youths for training with a transcription company.