By Maureen Bett

In January this year, over 300 youth trainees from different counties including Kisumu, Mombasa, Kiambu and Nairobi under the County Creative Arts Residence & Empowerment (CO-CARE) program started their training aimed at empowering them with the right skills, knowledge and network to build a career in the creative sector.

The participants were trained on various topics including Life and Soft Skills, Business Registration, Entrepreneurial Mindset and Financial Literacy among others.

This is a start of series of training and mentorship that will be happening through the CO-CARE program, a partnership between USIU-Africa, the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) and Across Solutions (the Churchill brand). The trainings will be happening in different hubs in Kiambu County at the Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Kisumu County at the YMCA, Mombasa County at the Kenya Coast National Polytechnic and in USIU-Africa.