Enhancing Innovative Entrepreneurship among the Youth is about creating linkages between discarded material, human resources and the market, through product design development. The project seeks to train youth on how to reuse, recycle and reduce discarded fabric and materials to produce handmade fashion accessories. The project brings students, design educators, and practising designers together to fill a gap in quality education for decent economic growth in the creative economy. Dr Isika and Dr Ombura hope to address issues of sustainability through their work and empower the next generation of creators by imparting product development skills and connecting them to industry practitioners. They hope that the training becomes a springboard for new enterprises within the community.
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By Waithira Kibuchi The Kenyan economy, whose GDP accounts for 40% of the East African Community’s GDP, is often touted as an anchor in the region. This may be linked to factors such as the country’s relative political stability and a market-based economy. The country is renowned as a technological and financial hub and it…