Brief Description of the assignment: Training and awareness creation on digital skills 

Period of assignment: September 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025 (7 months)

Expected start date of the assignment: September 1, 2024

Closing date for expressing interest: August 23, 2024

Expression of interest to be submitted to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Background and rationale

The Kenyan Green and Digital Innovation Hub (gDIH), is a one stop shop support facility for MSMEs, start-ups, and innovators that seek to develop and scale up their green and digital oriented business. It is mandated to support Kenyan enterprises in their digital and green transformation by providing MSMEs, start-ups, and innovators demand driven services under four key pillars: access to innovation support facilities, access to finance, skills development, innovation ecosystem building. The hub’s focus sectors are Agriculture, Energy, ICT and Smart Cities, while the focus technologies are automation, cybersecurity, cloud computing and IoT.

The gDIH’s mission is to empower innovators, start-ups, and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the necessary skills to thrive in the Digital Economy. Digital transformation of MSMEs refers to integration of technologies such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence and Internet of things (IoT) to streamline processes that can help the MSME deliver value and be competitive. With Digitization, the MSME can improve the usability of existing information (data that is collected within the business) to streamline operations and improve decision making.   

A 2023 report on Digital Maturity Assessment of MSMEs undertaken by GFA Consultancy under the SKIIVE project found that a large percentage of MSMEs lack the necessary digital infrastructure to adopt and implement digital technologies. To overcome barriers that MSMEs face in digital skills acquisition, the gDIH plans to develop appropriate training programs focusing on data literacy, digital and entrepreneurship skills, and digital marketing skills.

Objectives of the Consultancy

The gDIH seeks a consultant to design, plan, and execute a comprehensive series of training and awareness programs aimed at equipping innovators, start-ups, and MSMEs with the essential skills needed to enhance their competitiveness and sustainability in the digital economy. The expected outcome of this activity will be to support MSMEs overcome barriers to digital acquisition and reposition themselves in the digital economy.

Duties and responsibilities

The consultant is expected to:

1. Conduct a needs assessment to identify the key areas of training and awareness creation required by MSMEs on data literacy skills, digital and entrepreneurship skills and digital marketing skills.
2. Develop a comprehensive training curriculum and materials on data literacy skills, digital and entrepreneurship skills and digital marketing skills.
3. Organize and facilitate training sessions for MSMEs.
4. Train at least 120 MSMEs on data literacy skills, digital and entrepreneurship skills and digital marketing skills
5. Develop awareness creation strategies and materials to promote the adoption of digital technologies.
6. Collaborate with local partners, organizations, and experts to ensure the relevance and effectiveness of the training programs.

Experience and qualifications

• Proven experience in designing and delivering training programs, preferably in the fields of data literacy, digital skills, entrepreneurship, and digital marketing.
• Strong knowledge of the needs and challenges faced by innovators, start-ups, and MSMEs.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Effective communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders
• Evidence of having carried out consultancies of a similar scale

Proposal Contents

Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to provide the above services by submitting an Expression of Interest with a Maximum of 15 pages which should include;

• Consultants Profile
• Evidence of similar assignments
• Capability statement: Technical and professional competence necessary for successful implementation of the assignment
• Work plan ( 7 months) with proposed model of how training will be conducted to reach MSMEs across Kenya
• Financial Proposal

Deliverables

• Needs assessment report
• Training curriculum and materials.
• Schedule of training sessions and awareness campaigns
• Reports on each training session and awareness campaign conducted.
• Final Evaluation report

Duration

The activity is expected to commence on September 1, 2024 with trainings expected to conclude on March 31, 2024 and is equivalent to 6 consultancy days

How to apply

Interested parties are to submit their Expression of Interest in the form of a PDF document to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by August 23, 2024.