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Kenya Introduces Coding in Schools, Creating Pipeline to Global Jobs Market

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President William Ruto during the 2023 Youth Connekt Africa Summit at KICC, Nairobi.[PCS}

The Government will train 42,000 teachers on delivering KICD-approved coding lessons in an ambitious move to introduce computer programming lessons across the country, President William Ruto announced.

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