Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute (KIRDI) has been named as the technical advisor to 90 SMEs in a $50 million World Bank project seeking to finetune their products for the mass market.
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On 10 March 2021, UNESCO, through the support of the Government of South Korea, hosted a validation and training webinar on Labor Market Analysis (LMA) with focus on Studies on Labour Market and Curriculum Harmonization and Training Session for BEAR II Countries. This workshop drew forty-seven participants from the BEAR II countries, namely, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Madagascar. Among attendants included Ms. Ann Therese Ndong Jatta, the Director of UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Mr. Mame Mor Diarra Ndiaye, the Regional Coordinator of the BEAR II project; Mr. Katayama Hiromichi and Mr. Hervé Huot-Marchand, both from the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France; BEAR II National project officers; BEAR II International Consultants; as well as representatives from technical committee members; regional TVET stakeholders; private sector; foundations; institutes of technology; and GIZ. The Webinar was organized into two sessions, with a discussion on a summa