Our Vision
A leader in powering Africa with skilled, confident, and productive youth.
Industry-Aligned
Courses
Practical training tailored to real-world needs.
Hands-on
Learning
Learn by doing through modern workshops & labs.
Innovation
Driven
Fostering creativity and problem-solving.
Community
Impact
Building sustainable communities across Africa.
Who We Are
Empowering Youth. Building Futures.
The Toolkit for Skills and Innovation is a Kenya-based social enterprise founded in 2014 with the goal of disrupting youth unemployment. The Toolkit trains vulnerable youth and women, certifies their skills with regulatory bodies, and then links them to employment or entrepreneurship.
Our Mission
We transform vulnerable youth to prosperity through innovation and skills for current and future labour markets.
11,190
Total Youth Impacted
4,987
Construction Sector
3,537
Digital Skills & Online Jobs
554
Consultancy & Research
2,112
Organic Farming
Learning pathways
Skills built around real work
Choose practical training that combines workshop experience, recognised assessment and the confidence to move into employment or enterprise.
Learner voices
Testimonials
Stories from graduates who have turned practical training into confidence, employment and new opportunities.
Toolkit transformed my passion into a profession. MIG welding and Virtual Reality training built the skills that took me from a humble background into the welding industry and now to work in France.
The hands-on, immersive experience sharpened my skills, built my confidence and prepared me for real-world challenges. Today I am working as a professional welder.
Through hands-on training, mentorship and support from passionate instructors, I gained skills and confidence I never thought possible. Toolkit helped me discover my potential.
The Toolkit approach
A clearer route from learning to opportunity
Training works best when technical ability is supported by recognised standards, workplace habits and access to industry. Our programmes bring those elements together.
How Toolkit works- 01
Train
Build practical competence through workshop-led and applied learning.
- 02
Certify
Prepare for assessment aligned with relevant regulatory and industry standards.
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Connect
Strengthen employability and create pathways towards work or enterprise.
From the field
Ideas, partnerships and progress
Youth International Skills Day – 12TH AUGUST 2025
On this International Youth Day, we celebrate the resilience, ambition, and potential of Kenyan youth at the Toolkit for Skills…
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Don’t miss this insightful podcast on youth skills and job creation in Africa! 🧠💼
In this episode, @Caroline Njuki of @International Labor Organization (ILO) sits down with @Jane Muigai Kamphuis, Director & Founder of…
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Careers in MIG/MAG Welding: Insights from Our Webinar
On July 24th, we hosted an engaging webinar focused on the promising careers in MIG/MAG welding, a vital skill in…
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