The Mozilla Corporation, in partnership with the Gladys Boss Foundation (GBF), has sponsored rural youth in Kenya to identify community challenges in food or medicine and co-create digital solutions with Mozilla. The corporation held a workshop for tech start-ups in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, to train them on pitching their innovation ideas and providing access to information and knowledge required to establish and run profitable start-ups.
The Director of Africa Innovation Mradi at Mozilla, Alice Munyua, said the program is part of Mozilla’s engagement in the African region, beginning in Kenya and will inform its global strategy. She noted that the goal is to build with the rural youth of Uasin Gishu County to find lasting solutions to problems, starting with food, medical records and fleet tracking, among others.
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Munyua said Mozilla is a mission-based organization that puts human beings first before profit. She commended the youth for their innovative ideas pitched during the tech-innovation challenge that can solve real-life problems. She assured them that none of them would be dropped off and a few would be selected as immediate recipients of funding.
Munyua said the Mozilla venture would continue supporting the start-ups in the early stages and assist with building their capacity, skills and resources. She added that the aim is to ensure they build businesses that are viable, scalable and contribute to creating job opportunities, income, empowerment and inclusivity perspectives in the community.
