The grant, whose amount was not undisclosed, was signed between Generation Programme Kenya Limited, a local subsidiary of the McKinsey Social Initiative, and USAid’s East Africa Trade and Investment Hub.
The initial plan, which is being undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, will be to set up and equip seven training centres.
About 2,000 youth working in the apparel industry will get full-time jobs and training following the inking of a grant deal between the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and McKinsey’s social impact subsidiary.
The grant, whose amount was not undisclosed, was signed between Generation Programme Kenya Limited, a local subsidiary of the McKinsey Social Initiative, and USAid’s East Africa Trade and Investment Hub.
The initial plan, which is being undertaken in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and the Kenya Association of Manufacturers, will be to set up and equip seven training centres.
About 4,000 youth will be screened for participation, training and job placement in the apparel industry, with half of them being selected. “USAid is pleased to support this pilot initiative. Not only does this private sector approach directly link trained at-risk youth to jobs, the leadership from Kenya’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives makes the model sustainable,” said USAid Kenya and East Africa Acting Mission Director Tina Dooley-Jones.
The programme’s goal is that the 2,000 youth will help address the skills gap that currently hinders growth of the apparel sector. The programme, if successful, will be replicated across the East African region.
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