State seeks review of failed jobs portal
Sci & Tech
By
Frankline Sunday
| Jul 17, 2018
NAIROBI, KENYA: The Ajira Digital programme is headed for review as stakeholders mull options for turning around the flopped project.
Launched by ICT cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru in 2016, Ajira was aimed at creating job opportunities with government promising to connect 1million young people to well paying online jobs through the state-run platform by 2017.
Despite much publicity and strategic partnerships sought with the private sector however, registration of prospective job-seekers on the platform and uptake among employers remains low.
The project is now headed for review with stakeholders led by the Kenya Private Sector Alliance, KEPSA seeking alternatives to achieving the lofty targets of job creation earlier promised.
“KEPSA is looking for a highly skilled consultant to undertake a supply side constraint study which will aid in establishing the constraints faced by the key stakeholder in growing the digital work space in Kenya,” said the association in a notice placed in local dailies.
READ MORE
Is government on 'fuliza' mode? What Treasury numbers show
Expert: The shilling has regained value, but don't expect it to last
EAC Central Bank Governors meet in Juba as single currency race debate heats up
Ruto to push for global finance reforms at World Bank meeting
Unearthing the artifacts of WWII: A journey through Matuu and beyond
Roam, County Bus Service partner to deploy 200 electric buses
Budget cuts loom for Parliament thanks to Sh9.6b Bunge Towers
Private sector partnerships important to catalysing sports
Tax stand-off as boda boda riders defy county call to pay
Islamic banking gets traction in Africa as Salaam Bank feted
According to KEPSA, the study will collect input from job providers both in the public and private sectors, experienced freelancers, other online work platforms and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms in a bid to find out constraints limiting the programme.
“The overall objective of the assignment is to carry out a study which will detail the intervention required to make Kenya a hub of freelancers by 2022 through development of a strategy to increase the uptake of digital work model of employment in Kenya by both the private sector and government,” states Kepsa in part.
- Is government on 'fuliza' mode? What Treasury numbers show
- The journey to being a doctor is not for the poor or faint-hearted
- Budget cuts loom for Parliament thanks to Sh9.6b Bunge Towers