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Jan 25, 20243 min read
RefuSHE Graduate Interview Series Part 1: Congratulations Dorine
Join us in celebrating Dorine, one of our recent Nairobi Digital Inclusion Program (DIP) graduates! Dorine is a small scale marine vendor...
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Jan 25, 20243 min read
RefuSHE Graduate Interview Series Part 2: Congratulations Riana
Congrats grad! Riana has completed the Digital Inclusion Program (DIP)! Riana is one of our young, talented students at the DIP Nairobi...
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Dec 8, 20233 min read
Kakuma Graduation Series Part 1: Meet Janet
Janet first arrived to the Kakuma Refugee Camp from her home in Burundi when she was 20 years old. While Janet already had some ICT...
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Nov 27, 20239 min read
A resettlement journey: Kakuma ICT trainer Taban shares his life story, from Sudan, to Kenya, to Mexico
When Taban was only two years old, his father was killed in the Sudanese civil war. Along with his mother and brother, Taban left...
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Aug 1, 20232 min read
Kakuma interview Series Part 4 - Meet Grace
Grace is one of our Digital Inclusion Program (DIP) students located in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Originally from South Sudan, Grace is...
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Jul 31, 20232 min read
Meet Marie, our recent DIP graduate leveraging her knowledge to self-teach and freelance online!
Meet Marie, a 19-year-old refugee from Rwanda who graduated from our Nairobi Digital Inclusion Program (DIP) on June 20th. Marie was...
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Jul 3, 20232 min read
Kakuma interview Series Part 3: Meet Ogata
Ogata is a young refugee from the Congo currently enrolled in our Kakuma DIP. Dedicated and ambitious, Ogata leads by example, and...
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Jul 3, 20232 min read
Meet star student Akram, recent Jordan DIP graduate and full time web development freelancer!
Akram is a web developer from Iraq, who graduated from the Jordan Digital Inclusion Program (DIP) this past May. Akram is motivated by...
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Jul 3, 20232 min read
Meet Nyajuok, Nairobi DIP graduate preparing for the global digital transformation by building online freelance skills
Graduation announcement! Nyajuok has successfully completed our Nairobi DIP! On June 20th, our Nairobi DIP students danced across the...
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May 28, 20234 min read
Meet Cheruto
Cheruto is one of our new DIP students in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Cherto is curious to learn skills like digital marketing,...
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May 28, 20235 min read
Hear from Athraa and Abubakr, two recent Jordan DIP graduates!
Ring the graduation bells! Athraa and Abubakr have graduated from the Jordan DIP! On May 5th, our students officially received their...
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May 28, 20232 min read
Meet Anne, a young South Sudanese Refugee who prefers the flexibility of digital work.
Anne is a young refugee currently enrolled in our second Nairobi DIP. She is the second-born daughter of a South Sudanese family, and is...
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May 3, 20234 min read
Meet Asmaa and Andro, two students who just finished their last class in our Jordan Digital Inclusion Program!
Asmaa and Andro are students in our first DIP Jordan Cohort. After 6 months of client negotiation role play, pivot tables, mass mailing...
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May 3, 20232 min read
Kakuma interview Series Part 1: Meet Obang
Obang is one of our new DIP students in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Obang is a refugee from Ethiopia who is determined to show her home...
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Apr 2, 20233 min read
Meet Abubakr
Abubakr, originally from Sudan, holds a Bachelor's degree in computer science and a diploma in social work. The Digital Inclusion Program...
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Apr 2, 20236 min read
Meet our new ICT Trainers in Kakuma, Kenya: Taban and Juma
💻🙌 In February, Konexio and JRS hired two ICT trainers, Taban and Juma, to undergo our 8-week training-of-trainers (ToT) program and...
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Feb 21, 20233 min read
Meet Athraa and Sarmad, two creative DIP students who are using freelancing sites to pursue their passion for design and photography!
Athraa and Sarmad share similar backgrounds and interests – they are both refugees from Iraq who enjoy thinking creatively in their work,...
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Feb 4, 20232 min read
Meet Manal, an endlessly curious learner, Sudanese refugee, and Amman DIP student
Manal is one of Konexio’s 23 digital literacy and freelance students in Amman, Jordan. Jordan has over 760,000 registered refugees, with...
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Feb 3, 20232 min read
Meet Terry Wangesi, aspiring freelance writer, mother of a two-year-old, and one of our RefuSHE students in Nairobi
Terry is one of the 67 students starting their freelancing journey in Nairobi, Kenya. She joined Konexio’s Digital Inclusion Program...
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Nov 8, 20222 min read
Meet Fardosa, aspiring techie and DIP student in Nairobi
Could you introduce yourself? My name is Fardosa and I am from Somalia. In 2009, our family fled to Kenya from the conflict in our...
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