Technovation Girls: Machakos
Technovation Girls: Machakos
Embedded Files
Somewhere in Machakos County right now, there's a girl who notices problems that no one has fixed yet.
She sees them at school. At home. In her community. She has questions, ideas, and the instinct to do something about it. What she doesn't have are the tools, the training, or anyone telling her that technology belongs to her, too.
Technovation Girls: Machakos is a partnership between Ambrosia Group and Technovation, a global nonprofit that helps girls build technology and entrepreneurship skills by creating solutions to problems in their own communities.
The goal is simple.
Through this initiative, girls ages 13 to 18 will learn to identify problems in their communities, build technology-based solutions, work in teams, develop business ideas, and present their work with confidence.
We are teaching these girls that they shouldn't meet technology only as consumers. They should meet it as builders.
Why This Matters
The future is digital. But too many girls, especially in peri-urban and rural areas, are still locked out of the rooms where that future gets built.
Girls in Machakos are bright, capable, and curious. What many of them lack is access. Access to tools, mentors, safe learning spaces, and programs that make STEM feel possible, practical, and meant for them.
This program gives girls early exposure to AI, app development, entrepreneurship, teamwork, and community problem-solving, and it does so in a way designed for real learners in real schools.
No advanced technical background is required. Curiosity is enough to begin.
Who The Program is For
Girls aged 13 -18.
Schools in Machakos County.
Girls who are curious about technology, business, science, leadership, design, or solving problems. Whether they've never touched a line of code or already love everything tech.
This program is also for teachers and school leaders who want to give their learners something genuinely future-ready.
What Girls Will Learn
Through Technovation Girls: Machakos, students work in teams to identify a community challenge, design a mobile or web app, develop a business model, and pitch their solution.
The program combines technology, entrepreneurship, mentorship, leadership, and social impact.
For girls, this means learning how to turn concern into action.
For schools, it means practical STEM learning that connects classroom knowledge to real life.
For communities, it means girls begin to see local problems as places where their ideas matter.
Why Schools Should Participate
This isn't an extracurricular activity. It is the kind of exposure that helps a girl see a future she may not have imagined for herself.
For schools, the program delivers real value: it strengthens your STEM and ICT profile, gives learners practical exposure to AI, app development, and entrepreneurship, builds confidence, communication, and leadership skills, supports career awareness for girls in ICT and STEM, and gives parents visible evidence of future-focused learning. It positions your school as not only the first, but also as a serious supporter of girls' education and innovation - and it creates student achievement stories worth sharing.
For Partners & Sponsors
We welcome partners who want to support girls in STEM, AI, digital entrepreneurship, and future-ready learning.
Partners can support school participation, facilitation, learning materials, mentor coordination, data and connectivity, device or computer lab access, demo day logistics, awards, prizes and recognition, and follow-on mentorship.
Sponsor a school. Support a cohort. Fund a demo day. Help girls in Machakos build what comes next.
Bring the Pilot to Your School
If you lead a school, sponsor girls' education, work with county partners, or want to invest in what girls in Machakos can build, this is the program to support.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse