In today’s digital world, young refugees are increasingly active on social media and online platforms, seeking opportunities to connect, learn, and grow. Unfortunately, this also makes them vulnerable to cyber threats such as social media scams, identity theft, and online fraud. To address these challenges, Global Innovation Valley (GIV), in partnership with the Africa Cybersecurity… Read More »Empoweing Refugee Youth Through Cybersecurity
At Global Innovation Valley, we empower young refugees and disadvantaged youth to become agents of change, social entrepreneurs, and job creators. We achieve this by providing transformative education and entrepreneurship training in the form of an incubation that provides a holistic approach to both individual and business development and facilitating… Read More »Applied Global Innovation Program: Empowering Social Entrepreneurs
At Global Innovation Valley, we believe that education is the greatest equalizer in society. It is the most important tool in the toolbox of life. With it, people – especially young people – can build a future they dream of. That is, a future of equal opportunities for every person… Read More »Fostering Quality Education Through Partnerships
Last week, Blaise Amani and Melkizedek Mirasi – our founder and digital manager respectively – attended a 5-day workshop organized by Social Innovation Academy (SINA) in Jinja, Uganda. The organizer is one of our partners that empowers marginalized youth and refugees in Africa to become social entrepreneurs by providing them… Read More »The Power of Storytelling: Insights from SINA’s Workshop in Uganda
International Telecommunications Union defines meaningful digital connectivity as that which “allows users to have a safe, satisfying, enriching, and productive online experience at an affordable cost.” Oftentimes, discussion has leaned on “universal connectivity” while neglecting “meaningful connectivity”. To exacerbate the situation, the latter has been misunderstood. For example, meaningful connectivity… Read More »Meaningful Connectivity in Refugee Camps
Bridging the digital divide in Kenya requires a collective effort, starting with innovative, adaptive, and inclusive policy regulations, collaboration amongst industry players, organizational management, and institutional funding. Locally, community networks have proven to be a vital means for bridging the digital divide. They are decentralized, community-owned, and community-operated telecommunication infrastructures… Read More »Championing last mile connectivity: Association of Community Networks in Kenya
Our scholars are between 18 and 30 years old and are refugees, orphans, street children, former child soldiers, former inmates, former prostitutes, or young people from other marginalized and poor backgrounds in the host community. They have dropped out of school and society has labelled them “useless“. We have proven… Read More »Our Model
The Global Innovation Valley (GIV) story started in 2019. Blaise Amani (our founder) after graduating from the Business Administration department of Customs and Excise had to go to Kenya, due to the ongoing violence and political instability that happened in his home country DRC. As a result, he became a… Read More »Our History: Blaise Amani