Impact of ICTs on socio-economic development of youth in Kenya

Research summary

My objective is to investigate the impact of information communication technologies on socio-economic development of out of school youth in Kenya. One of my interests is to find out the effects of digital divide in a rural setting where telecommunications infrastructures are not well developed.

Description

The research will be carried out in lower Yatta district of Kitui county and the study describes the impact of ICTs on out of school youth socio-economic development in Kenya and its role in narrowing the digital divide, and developing interventions/recommendations of the impact in line with the national development blueprint: Kenya Vision 2030. Key assumption of the study is that when properly used, ICT can be a real and powerful tool for not only individual out of school youth but also to the national social and economic development.

Research objectives.
• To describe the impact of ICT on the out of school youths’ social and economic development and develop interventions / recommendations to improve the positive social and economic impact of ICT to out of school youth in line with the Kenya Vision 2030 .
• To describe the level of access to, use and social & economic benefits of ICT to out of school youth.
• To identify constraints that hinder youth from accruing full social and economic benefits of ICT.
• To develop and recommend interventions that can enhance greater positive impact of ICT on the social and economic life of out of school youth, the nation as a whole in line with the Kenyan Vision 2030.

Research info

Research title
Impact of ICTs on socio-economic development of youth in Kenya

Research timeline
1.9.2012 - 1.9.2016

Keywords
digital divide ICTs out of school youth socio-economic development

Region
Africa

Countries
Finland, Kenya

Institution
University of Tampere
social research
Tampere, Finland

Head of research
Prof Harri Melin

Contact information
pamenas mwova
+358466148057
pamenas.mwova@uta.fi

Record last updated
30.9.2014