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Fredrick Ouko

Fredrick Ouko

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A social enterprise  that enables access to job opportunities for people with disabilities in Kenya. It uses a mobile application that aggregates an online database of job seekers who are then matched with employers requiring their skills to meet their business goals.

Major Achievements

  • Connected over 300 people with disabilities to job opportunities in Kenya;
  • Provided soft skills training to over 2,000 people with disabilities and trained over 200 employers in disability inclusion at the work place;
  • Shortlisted for the Africa Prize Awars for Engineering Innovation by the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2017;
  • Pitched at the Pitch@Palace in London in 2017 and received good reviews including referrals for partnerships;
  • Received media highlights through Aljazeera TV, The Guardian newspaper and Standard Newspaper;
  • Received a grant from a government agency dealing with disability issues in Kenya for part of our work.
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2016/17 – Nairobi, Kenya

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